An introduction to historical linguistics /
Crowley, T.
An introduction to historical linguistics / Terry Crowley and Claire Bowern. - 4th - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxxii, 376p.: ill.; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 canonicalization, iatrogenesis, morphological change, and using statistical methods in language classification.
9780195365542
Historical linguistics.
DUCE P140.C76
An introduction to historical linguistics / Terry Crowley and Claire Bowern. - 4th - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxxii, 376p.: ill.; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 canonicalization, iatrogenesis, morphological change, and using statistical methods in language classification.
9780195365542
Historical linguistics.
DUCE P140.C76