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Historical and Comparative Linguistics.

In any course of historical and comparative linguistics there will be students of different language backgrounds, different levels of linguistic training, and different theoretical orientation. This textbook attempts to mitigate the problems raised by this heterogeneity in a number of ways. Since it...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anttila, Raimo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1989.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS; HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Editorial page; Title page; Title page; Copyright page; Copyright page; PREFACE; PREFACE; Table of contents; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION 1988; INTRODUCTION 1988; PART I. BACKGROUND: GENETIC LINGUISTICS IN RELATION TO GENERAL LINGUISTICS AND RELATED FIELDS; PART I. BACKGROUND: GENETIC LINGUISTICS IN RELATION TO GENERAL LINGUISTICS AND RELATED FIELDS; CHAPTER 1. LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS; CHAPTER 1. LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS; CHAPTER 2. WRITING AND LANGUAGE; CHAPTER 2. WRITING AND LANGUAGE.
  • Chapter 3. linguistic variationchapter 3. linguistic variation; part ii. historical linguistics: how does language change?; part ii. historical linguistics: how does language change?; chapter 4. sound change; chapter 4. sound change; chapter 5. grammar change: analogy; chapter 5. grammar change: analogy; chapter 6. rule change; chapter 6. rule change; chapter 7. semantic change; chapter 7. semantic change; chapter 8. external change: borrowing; chapter 8. external change: borrowing; chapter 9. why does language change? linguistic and social factors.
  • Chapter 9. why does language change? linguistic and social factorspart iii. comparative linguistics (general notions and structure): how can change be reversed?; part iii. comparative linguistics (general notions and structure): how can change be reversed?; chapter 10. preliminaries to the historical methods; chapter 10. preliminaries to the historical methods; chapter 11. the comparative method (the central concept); chapter 11. the comparative method (the central concept); chapter 12. internal reconstruction; chapter 12. internal reconstruction; chapter 13. conclusion to the methods.
  • Chapter 13. conclusion to the methodspart iv. linguistic reconstruction: a synthesis of various linguistic and cultural notions; part iv. linguistic reconstruction: a synthesis of various linguistic and cultural notions; chapter 14. dialect geography; chapter 14. dialect geography; chapter 15. alternative relationship models; chapter 15. alternative relationship models; chapter 16. classification of languages; chapter 16. classification of languages; chapter 17. philology and etymology; chapter 17. philology and etymology; chapter 18. reconstructing phonology.
  • Chapter 18. reconstructing phonologychapter 19. reconstructing grammar; chapter 19. reconstructing grammar; chapter 20. reconstructing semology/semantics; chapter 20. reconstructing semology/semantics; part v. conclusion: linguistics as part of anthropology; part v. conclusion: linguistics as part of anthropology; chapter 21. change and reconstruction in culture and linguistics; chapter 21. change and reconstruction in culture and linguistics; chapter 22. genetic linguistics and biological genetics; chapter 22. genetic linguistics and biological genetics.