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Perspectives on Historical Linguistics

Language, 1985
1. Prefatory note 2. Table of contents 3. Charts, figures and tables 4. Abbreviations 5. 1. Introduction: diachronic linguistics (by Lehmann, Winfred P.) 6. 2. Building on empirical foundations (by Labov, William) 7. 3. A semiotic model of diachronic process phonology (by Dressler, Wolfgang U.) 8. 4.
Yakov Malkiel, Winfred P. Lehmann, Hans Henrich Hock   +2 more
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Problems with, and alternatives to,the tree model in historical linguistics

Journal of Historical Linguistics, 2019
Detecting non-tree-like signal using multiple tree topologies Annemarie Verkerk Visualizing the Boni dialects with Historical Glottometry Alexander Elias Subgrouping the Sogeram languages: A critical appraisal of Historical Glottometry Don Daniels ...
Siva Kalyan, A. François, H. Hammarström   +2 more
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Bloomfield and historical linguistics

Historiographia Linguistica, 1987
Summary Bloomfield worked in both historical and synchronic linguistics. To the former, he contributed: (1) a large amount of work in specific fields; (2) scrutiny of the nature of historical linguistic investigation; and (3) an analysis of the phenomenon of linguistic change.
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Typology and Historical Linguistics

2017
I discuss the relation between language typology and historical linguistics. After briefly illustrating mutual influence in the course of the development of the two disciplines, I discuss some classic topics at the interface between language typology and historical-comparative linguistics, such as language reconstruction.
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Historical Cognitive Linguistics

2010
This volume addresses aspects of language change using the semantics-based theory of Cognitive Linguistics, and primarily focuses on the lexicon and metaphor, the semantics of syntax, and language evolution.
Margaret E. Winters, Heli Tissari, Kathryn Allan   +2 more
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Historical Linguistics

1977
Historical Linguistics is concerned with the process of language change through time. It investigates how and why the language of individuals, a social group or a whole 'speech community' develops in respect of its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.
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English Historical Linguistics

Current issues in linguistic theory, 2022
G. Trousdale
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Historical Linguistics: Classification

2018
Many societies in pre-1800 Africa depended on orality both for communication and for record keeping. Historians of Africa, among other ways of dealing with this issue, treat languages as archives and apply what is sometimes called the “words and things” approach.
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Historical Linguistics: An Introduction

American Anthropologist, 2001
Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Lyle Campbell. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1999. 396 pp.
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Explanation in Historical Linguistics

1992
This is the first of two volumes deriving from papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual UVM Linguistics Symposium held in Milwaukee in April 1990. The contributions in this volume investigate the general question of what constitutes an explanation of diachronic change, and illustrate their proposals in the context of various specific problems in ...
Gregory K. Iverson, Garry W. Davis
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