An Introduction to Historical Linguistics - Couverture souple

Crowley, Terry

 
9780195583786: An Introduction to Historical Linguistics
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ISBN 10 : 0195583787 ISBN 13 : 9780195583786
Editeur : OUP Australia and New Zealand, 1997

Synopsis

An introduction to the study of language change over time. The text covers all major areas of the subject, presenting concepts in a clear and accessible fashion. 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.

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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.

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Éditeur
OUP Australia and New Zealand
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195583787
ISBN 13 
9780195583786
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
342
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