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Historical Linguistics: An Introduction

Lyle Campbell
3.96/5 (295 ratings)
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This accessible, hands-on textbook not only introduces students to the important topics in historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to think about the issues. Abundant examples and exercises allow students to focus on how to do historical linguistics. The book is distinctive for its integration of the standard topics with others now considered important to the field, including syntactic change, grammaticalization, sociolinguistic contributions to linguistic change, distant genetic relationships, areal linguistics, and linguistic prehistory. It also offers a defense of the family tree model, a response to recent claims on lexical diffusion/frequency, and a section on why languages diversify and spread. Examples are taken from a broad range of languages; those from the more familiar English, French, German, and Spanish make the topics more accessible, while those from non-Indo-European languages show the depth and range of the concepts they illustrate.
Format:
Pages:
448 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
The MIT Press
Edition:
Second edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0262532670
ISBN13:
9780262532679
kindle Asin:
0262532670

Historical Linguistics: An Introduction

Lyle Campbell
3.96/5 (295 ratings)
Read Download
This accessible, hands-on textbook not only introduces students to the important topics in historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to think about the issues. Abundant examples and exercises allow students to focus on how to do historical linguistics. The book is distinctive for its integration of the standard topics with others now considered important to the field, including syntactic change, grammaticalization, sociolinguistic contributions to linguistic change, distant genetic relationships, areal linguistics, and linguistic prehistory. It also offers a defense of the family tree model, a response to recent claims on lexical diffusion/frequency, and a section on why languages diversify and spread. Examples are taken from a broad range of languages; those from the more familiar English, French, German, and Spanish make the topics more accessible, while those from non-Indo-European languages show the depth and range of the concepts they illustrate.
Format:
Pages:
448 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
The MIT Press
Edition:
Second edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0262532670
ISBN13:
9780262532679
kindle Asin:
0262532670

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