Historical linguistic theory and practice contains a great number of different 'layers' which have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanency of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change and analogy to present-day ideas on rule change and language mixture. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature and justifications (or shortcomings) of each of these 'layers', not just to look for a single 'overarching' theory. The major purpose of the book is to provide in up-to-date form such an understanding of the principles of historical linguistics and the related fields of comparative linguistics and linguistic reconstruction. In addition, the book provides a very broad exemplification of the principles of historical linguistics.
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This book is a technical treatment of the field of of historical linguistics, the study of language change over time. It is probably the best technical book on the subject, better than Trask's book which is somewhat less technical and has more "fluff".This book is a useful resource for anyone wishing to study how languages change and modify over time.
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sociolinguistic polarization, absolutive formation, preventive analogy, regular dissimilation, major syntactic processes, palatal assibilation, rule reapplication, tabooistic distortion, reconstructing backward, demotional passive, delayed voicing onset, past pple, other linguistic change, morphological opacity, uropcan languages, sociolinguistic marking, medial weakening, allophonic split, given sound change, palatalized segments, accent retraction, rule reordering, major constituent order, analogical change, regular metathesis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old English, Old High German, Grimm's Law, Old Norse, Old Irish, Standard German, Occam's Razor, Middle Indo-Aryan, Insular Celtic, Modern German, American English, Grassmann's Law, Vedic Sanskrit, Low German, British English, Middle Frankish, South Asian, United States, New Zealand, West African, Black Vernacular English, Modern Icelandic, West Germanic, Martha's Vineyard, Indian English New!
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sociolinguistic polarization, absolutive formation, preventive analogy, regular dissimilation, major syntactic processes, palatal assibilation, rule reapplication, tabooistic distortion, reconstructing backward, demotional passive, delayed voicing onset, past pple, other linguistic change, morphological opacity, uropcan languages, sociolinguistic marking, medial weakening, allophonic split, given sound change, palatalized segments, accent retraction, rule reordering, major constituent order, analogical change, regular metathesis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old English, Old High German, Grimm's Law, Old Norse, Old Irish, Standard German, Occam's Razor, Middle Indo-Aryan, Insular Celtic, Modern German, American English, Grassmann's Law, Vedic Sanskrit, Low German, British English, Middle Frankish, South Asian, United States, New Zealand, West African, Black Vernacular English, Modern Icelandic, West Germanic, Martha's Vineyard, Indian English New!
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