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LINGUISTIC CHANGE AND HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

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Historical linguistics

The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology, 2018
This chapter explains the insights and techniques of historical linguistics, the study of how language changes over time. We begin with a brief explanation of the value of historical linguistics before going on in Section 10.2 to describe the background to its development.
Culpeper, Jonathan, McIntyre, Dan
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Linguistic history and historical linguistics

Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 2018
AbstractThis invited response to a piece by LaPolla, published in issue 39/2 ofLTBA, addresses both LaPolla’s misrepresentations of the history of linguistics and his flawed understanding of historical linguistics. The history of linguistic thought with regard to the Tibeto-Burman or Trans-Himalayan language family vs. the Indo-Chinese or “Sino-Tibetan”
G. Driem
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Trask's Historical Linguistics

, 2023
1. The fact of language change 2. Lexical and semantic change 3. Phonological change I: Change in pronunciation 4. Phonological change II: Change in phonological systems 5. Morphological change 6. Syntactic change 7. Relatedness between languages 8.
R. Millar
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Historical Linguistics and the Case for Sign Language Families

Sign Language Studies, 2021
:This article offers a brief overview of historical linguistics and explores the value of historical sign linguistics. The specific focus of the article is on the question of the extent to which the concept of "sign language families" is a legitimate and
T. Reagan
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Historical Linguistics

2013
Historical linguistics is a discipline with strong interdisciplinary connections to sociocultural anthropology, ethnohistory, and archaeology. While the study of language change and etymology can be traced back to ancient societies in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and Asia, a number of important methodological approaches emerged in the late 18th ...
Don Ringe, Joseph F. Eska
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Register in historical linguistics

Register Studies, 2019
Merja Kytö is Professor of English Language at Uppsala University. In this article, she provides a detailed accounting of the role of register in research on the historical development of language. Her substantial body of work has focused on both the
Merja Kytö
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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   +2 more
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English Historical Linguistics

Current issues in linguistic theory, 2022
G. Trousdale
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