Historical and Comparative Linguistics - Couverture souple

Anttila, Raimo

 
9789027235572: Historical and Comparative Linguistics
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9027235570 ISBN 13 : 9789027235572
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1989

Synopsis

In any course of historical and comparative linguistics there will be students of different language backgrounds, different levels of linguistic training, and different theoretical orientation. This textbook attempts to mitigate the problems raised by this heterogeneity in a number of ways. Since it is impossible to treat the language or language family of special interest to every student, the focus of this book is on English in particular and Indo-European languages in general, with Finnish and its closely related languages for contrast. The tenets of different schools of linguistics, and the controversies among them, are treated eclectically and objectively; the examination of language itself plays the leading role in our efforts to ascertain the comparative value of competing theories. This revised edition (1989) of a standard work for comparative linguists offers an added introduction dealing mainly with a semiotic basis of change, a final chapter on aspects of explanation, particularly in historical and human disciplines, and added sections on comparative syntax and on the semiotic status of the comparative method.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In any course of historical and comparative linguistics there will be students of different language backgrounds, different levels of linguistic training, and different theoretical orientation. This textbook attempts to mitigate the problems raised by this heterogeneity in a number of ways. Since it is impossible to treat the language or language family of special interest to every student, the focus of this book is on English in particular and Indo-European languages in general, with Finnish and its closely related languages for contrast. The tenets of different schools of linguistics, and the controversies among them, are treated eclectically and objectively; the examination of language itself plays the leading role in our efforts to ascertain the comparative value of competing theories. This revised edition (1989) of a standard work for comparative linguists offers an added introduction dealing mainly with a semiotic basis of change, a final chapter on aspects of explanation, particularly in historical and human disciplines, and added sections on comparative syntax and on the semiotic status of the comparative method.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027235570
ISBN 13 
9789027235572
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
478
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1989
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