Language history : an introduction /

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This classroom-tested volume aspires to be a brief but technically and factually accurate exposition of linguistic description and history. Whether studied as prime subject or as background information, it should help students understand the assumptions and reasoning that underlie the contents of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sihler, Andrew L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2000.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 191.
Subjects:
Historical linguistics.
Linguistic change.
Linguistique historique.
Changement linguistique.
historical linguistics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Historical linguistics
Linguistic change
Historische taalwetenschap.
Taalverandering.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Changes in Pronunciation
  • Sound Laws
  • Analogy
  • Semantic Change
  • Reconstruction
  • External Aspects of Language
  • The Interpretation of Written Records
  • Appendix: Phonetics
  • the mechanisms of speech and the classifications of speech sounds.

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