Historical Linguistics: Problems and PerspectivesRoutledge, 4. 2. 2014 - Počet stran: 480 The contributors to this volume cover the international range of scholarship in the field of Historical Linguistics, as well as some of its major themes. The work and ideas they discuss are relevant not only to other aspects of Historical Linguistics but also to more general developments in linguistic theory. Along with Professor Jones' Introduction, their comments provide a major overview of Historical Linguistics that will be the reference point for its development for many years to come and form an important contribution to general theories of linguistic behaviour. |
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the primacy of history | 43 |
3 Typology and reconstruction | 74 |
4 On the phonetic basis of phonological change | 98 |
doubts about dichotomy | 131 |
6 How realist are reconstructions? | 156 |
triggering verb movement | 190 |
8 On the social origins of language change | 215 |
9 The phonetics of sound change | 237 |
10 Nicaraguan English in history | 279 |
11 Language change as language improvement | 319 |
12 Bidirectional diffusion in sound change | 345 |
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