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Historical Linguistics, Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics: A study inspired by trees [PDF]
: 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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Historical Linguistics of Sign Languages: Progress and Problems [PDF]
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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Linguistics in applied linguistics : a historical overview
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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Open Problems in Computational Historical Linguistics. [PDF]
Problems constitute the starting point of all scientific research. The essay reflects on the different kinds of problems that scientists address in their research and discusses a list of 10 problems for the field of computational historical linguistics, that was proposed throughout 2019 in a series of blog posts (see http://phylonetworks.blogspot.com/).
List JM.
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“Old Chinese and Friends”: new approaches to historical linguistics of the Sino-Tibetan area [PDF]
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
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]
This is the first JSEALS special publication since JSEALS became a University of Hawai‘i Press publication as of January 2017. The goal of JSEALS special publications is to share collections of linguistics articles, such as select papers from conferences
Yukinori Kimoto+4 more
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Austronesian’s Traces in Sasak: Historical Linguistics Study
The 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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Corpora and historical linguistics Corpora e linguística histórica [PDF]
The present article aims to survey and assess the current state of electronic historical corpora and corpus methodology, and attempts to look into possible future developments.
Merja Kytö
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Tolkien and Comparative Historical Linguistics
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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