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The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics

By Claire Bowern , Bethwyn Evans

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
0415527899, 9780415527897
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5181490 bytes)
Series
Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics
Edition
1
Pages
776\777
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-02-06 13:42:51
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Сравнительно-истор

Description

The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a survey of the field covering the methods which underpin current work; models of language change; and the importance of historical linguistics for other subfields of linguistics and other disciplines. Divided into five sections, the volume encompass a wide range of approaches and addresses issues in the following areas: historical perspectives methods and models language change interfaces regional summaries Each of the thirty-two chapters is written by a specialist in the field and provides: a introduction to the subject; an analysis of the relationship between the diachronic and synchronic study of the topic; an overview of the main current and critical trends; and examples from primary data. The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in this area.

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