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Principles of Historical Linguistics

Hans Henrich Hock author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:25th Oct '21

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Historical linguistic theory and practice consist of a large number of chronological "layers" that have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanence of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change, analogy, and borrowing, to prosodic, lexical, morphological, and syntactic change, and to present-day views on rule change and the effects of language contact. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature of each of these "layers". This book is a major revision and reorganization of the earlier editions and adds entirely new chapters on morphological change and lexical change, as well as a detailed discussion of linguistic palaeontology and ideological responses to the findings of historical linguistics to this landmark publication.

ISBN: 9783110746327

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1384g

1101 pages

3rd, revised and updated edition