Lyle Campbell

Historical Linguistics

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lyle Campbell presents an accessible, hands-on introduction to historical linguistics. The fourth edition has a lucid and engaging style, expert guidance and comprehensive coverage, making it ideal for students coming to historical linguistics for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1002g
• ISBN-13: 9781474463119
• ISBN-10: 1474463118
• Artikelnr.: 59920054

Autorenporträt

Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Figures and Maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
Phonetic Symbols and Conventions
Phonetic Symbols Chart
1: Introduction
2: Sound Change
3: Loanwords (Borrowing)
4: Analogical Change
5: Chapter 5. Lexical Change
6: Chapter 6. Semantic change
7: The Comparative Method and Linguistic Reconstruction
8 Internal Reconstruction
9: Linguistic Classification
10: Language Contact
11: Change in Syntactic and Morphology
12: Explanation of Language Change
13: Distant Genetic Relationship
14 Writing and Philology: The Role of Written Records
15: Linguistic Prehistory
16: Quantitative Approaches to Historical Linguistics and Technical Tools
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
Language Index