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The comparative method reviewed : regularity and irregularity in language change /

Historical reconstruction of languages relies on the comparative method, which itself depends on the notion of the regularity of change. The regularity of sound change is the famous Neogrammarian Hypothesis: "sound change takes place according to laws that admit no exception." The comparat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Durie, Mark, 1958-, Ross, Malcolm
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©1996.
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