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Historical Linguistics, Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics: A study inspired by trees [PDF]
Odisea, 2017 : This innovative perspective on historical linguistics, linguistics, and applied linguistics examines these areas of study with the role of trees in mind.
María Del Carmen Arau Ribeiro
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Linguistics in applied linguistics : a historical overview
Journal of English Studies, 2002 This paper looks at some of the underlying reasons which might explain the uncertainty surrounding applied linguistics as an academic enquiry. The opening section traces the emergence of the field through its professional associations and publications ...
Tony Harris
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Historical Linguistics of Sign Languages: Progress and Problems [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 In contrast to scholars and signers in the nineteenth century, William Stokoe conceived of American Sign Language (ASL) as a unique linguistic tradition with roots in nineteenth-century langue des signes française, a conception that is apparent in his ...
Justin M. Power
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“Old Chinese and Friends”: new approaches to historical linguistics of the Sino-Tibetan area [PDF]
, 2019 List J-M, Starostin G, Yunfan L. “Old Chinese and Friends”: new approaches to historical linguistics of the Sino-Tibetan area. Journal of Language Relationship.
Johann‐Mattis List +2 more
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Comparative-Historical Linguistics
, 2013 Historical linguistics is about how and why language changes over time. Comparative linguistics, in the relevant sense, is the study of linguistic relatedness, that is to say, of genetic or ancestral connections and related matters of subgrouping extending to the reconstruction of unattested ancestral languages or proto-languages.
Joseph Salmons, Emily Utz
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Issues in Austronesian Historical Linguistics [PDF]
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2017 This is a collection of five select articles on Austronesian historical linguistics from the 13-ICAL (International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics) in Taipei in 2015.
Hsiu-chuan Liao, Editor +5 more
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Austronesian’s Traces in Sasak: Historical Linguistics Study
ArbitrerThe Sasak language spoken by the Sasak ethnic group in Lombok, Indonesia is one of the many Austronesian languages. As a descendant of Proto-Austronesian (PAN), Sasak is assumed to retain traces of its Austronesian heritage.
Burhanuddin Burhanuddin +2 more
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Tolkien and Comparative Historical Linguistics
RiCognizioni, 2022 It is a well-known fact that J.R.R. Tolkien’s training as a philologist had a very strong impact on his work as a creator of languages. This paper aims to identify the influence of Tolkien’s academic background in the field of linguistic studies on the ...
Francesco Dedè
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Quantifying the quantitative (re-)turn in historical linguistics
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 Historical linguistics is the study of language change and stability, of the history of individual languages, and of the relatedness between languages. In spite of numerous acknowledgements, the adoption of quantitative methods in historical linguistics ...
Barbara McGillivray, Gard B. Jenset
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