The Handbook of Historical Linguistics Paperback - 2005
by Joseph; Janda
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Details
- Title The Handbook of Historical Linguistics
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 881
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, Malden, MA, U.S.A.
- Date 2005-01-14
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 47948970-6
- ISBN 9781405127479 / 1405127473
- Weight 3.66 lbs (1.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.7 x 6.88 x 1.86 in (24.64 x 17.48 x 4.72 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Historical linguistics
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002074363
- Dewey Decimal Code 417.7
From the publisher
From the rear cover
In its introduction and 25 chapters, written by leading specialists in the field, this volume achieves two main goals. It covers the most important methods of historical linguistics including comparative reconstruction and internal reconstruction, reliable ways of determining language relatedness, and contemporary approaches to dialectological investigation. It also presents sophisticated overviews of the principles that emerge from the in-depth study of phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic change, including grammaticalization, and offers wide-ranging explorations of the major factors at work in the causation of change.
The book begins with an extensive and uniquely comprehensive introduction by the editors that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context both within the field of linguistics itself and within the historical sciences more generally. The well-conceived and lucidly written articles in this volume, supplemented with an extensive bibliography and detailed indexes, make The Handbook of Historical Linguistics an indispensable resource for anyone with an interest in history and/or language.
