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Perspectives on Historical Linguistics
Language, 19851. 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 +2 more
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Otomanguean historical linguistics: Exploring the subgroups
Language and Linguistics Compass, 2017This is the second of two articles that survey and assess progress and prospects in the historical linguistics of the Otomanguean language family, which is the most widely distributed and most diverse linguistic lineage of Mesoamerica. While considerable
Eric W. Campbell
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Bloomfield and historical linguistics
Historiographia Linguistica, 1987Summary 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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Towards a history of concept list compilation in historical linguistics
, 2018A large proportion of lexical data of the world’s languages is presented in form of word lists in which a set of concepts was translated into the language varieties of a specific language family or geographic region.
Johann-Mattis List
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The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics
, 2015Table of Contents Contributors Acknowledgements Editors' Introduction: Foundations of the new historical linguistics 1 Claire Bowern and Bethwyn Evans Part 1 Overviews * Lineage and the constructive imagination: the birth of historical linguistics Roger ...
Claire Bowern, B. Evans
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Typology and Historical Linguistics
2017I 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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The Indo-European Controversy: Facts and Fallacies in Historical Linguistics
, 2015Introduction: the Indo-European debate and why it matters Part I. The Vexatious History of Indo-European Studies: 1. Ideology and interpretation from the 1700s to the 1970s 2. Anatolia vs. the Steppes Part II.
A. Pereltsvaig, Martin W. Lewis
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Historical Cognitive Linguistics
2010This 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 +2 more
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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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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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