An Introduction to Historical Linguistics - Couverture souple

Crowley, Terry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195582470 ISBN 13 : 9780195582475

Editeur : OUP Australia and New Zealand, 1992

Synopsis

All languages change, just as other aspects of human society are constantly changing. This is an introduction to the concepts and techniques of diachronic linguistics, the study of language change over time. It covers all major areas of historical linguistics, presenting concepts in a concise manner. While examples are given from a wide range of languages, most major concepts and techniques are illustrated by material drawn from the languages of Australia and the Pacific. This edition has been substantially revised and rewritten. Further exercises have been added for student use, and there are new sections on language planning and language contact.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

All languages change, just as other aspects of human society are constantly changing. This book is an introduction to the concepts and techniques of diachronic linguistics, the study of language change over time. It covers all themajor areas of historical linguistics, presenting concepts in a clear and concise way. Examples are given from a wide range of languages, with special emphasis on the languages of Australia and the Pacific. While the needs of undergraduate students of linguistics have been kept firmly in mind, the book will also be of interest to the general reader seeking to understand langauge and language change. For this fourth edition, a number of new sections have been written, including many new problems and several datasets. Existing materials have been supplemented with new sections on grammaticalization, tonogenesis, morphological change, and using statistical methods in language classification.

Biographie de l'auteur

Terry Crowley was Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Claire Bowern is Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Yale University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP Australia and New Zealand
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195582470
• ISBN 13: 9780195582475
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 331
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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