Overview

Originally published as the Continuum Companion to Historical Linguistics, this book brings together a number of leading scholars who provide a combination of different approaches to current and new issues in historical linguistics, while supplying an exhaustive and up-to-date coverage of sub-fields traditionally regarded as central to historical linguistics research. The editors aim to build a solid background for further discussion and to indicate directions for new research on relevant open questions. The book includes coverage of key terms, a list of resources, and sections on: - history of research- methodology- phonology- morphology- grammatical categories- syntax- grammaticalization- semantics - etymology- language contact- sociolinguistics- causes of language change It is a complete resource for researchers working on historical linguistics.

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Author:   Silvia Luraghi ,  Vit Bubenik
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9781441130105

ISBN 10:   1441130101
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   17 January 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Contributors Editor's Introduction 1. Historical linguistics: history, sources and resources Silvia Luraghi and Vit Bubenik Part I: Methodology 2. Sound change and the comparative method: the science of historical reconstruction John Hewson 3. Internal reconstruction Brian D. Joseph 4. Typology and universals Hans H. Hock 5. Internal language classification Søren Wichmann Part II: Phonological change 6. Segmental phonological change Joseph Salmons 7. Suprasegmental and prosodic historical phonology Hans Henrich Hock Part III: Morphological and Grammatical change 8. From morphologization to demorphologization Henning Andersen 9. Analogical change Livio Gaeta\ 10. Change in grammatical categories Vit Bubenik Part IV: Syntactic change 11. Word order Jan Terje Faarlund 12. The rise (and possible downfall) of configurationality Silvia Luraghi 13. Subordination Dorothy Disterheft and Carlotta Viti 14. Alignment Geoffrey Haig Part V: Semantico-Pragmatic Change 15. Grammaticalization Elizabeth Closs Traugott 16. Semantic change Eugenio R. Luján 17. Etymology Thomas Krisch Part VI: Explanation of Language Change 18. Language contact Bridget Drinka 19. Regional and social dialectology J. K. Chambers 20. Causes of language change Silvia Luraghi A-Z Historical Linguistics References Index of Subjects Index of Authors Index of Languages

Reviews

Advanced students of linguistics and practising linguists can read this book for both profit and enjoyment. The editors have assembled an impressive list of leading experts in each subfield, each contributing a chapter: together it makes for an interesting and informative read. -- Professor Sheila Embleton, Department Of Languages, Literature & Linguistics, York University, Canada As a practising historical linguist I found much of the book fascinating reading, as it took me Into methods and geographic regions of historical linguistics which I am less familiar with, and many of the chapters provided me with a pithy but informative overview of their respective fields. -- Linguist ... this is a highly competent updated work, extremely useful in laying out different discussion topics related to the various aspects developed, as well as in completing and updating the large number of reference books currently available in historical linguistics. -- Journal Of Historical Linguistics Vol.1:2

Advanced students of linguistics and practising linguists can read this book for both profit and enjoyment. The editors have assembled an impressive list of leading experts in each subfield, each contributing a chapter: together it makes for an interesting and informative read. - Professor Sheila Embleton, Department of Languages, Literature & Linguistics, York University, Canada As a practising historical linguist I found much of the book fascinating reading, as it took me Into methods and geographic regions of historical linguistics which I am less familiar with, and many of the chapters provided me with a pithy but informative overview of their respective fields. - Linguist ... this is a highly competent updated work, extremely useful in laying out different discussion topics related to the various aspects developed, as well as in completing and updating the large number of reference books currently available in historical linguistics. - Journal of Historical Linguistics Vol.1:2

"""Advanced students of linguistics and practising linguists can read this book for both profit and enjoyment. The editors have assembled an impressive list of leading experts in each subfield, each contributing a chapter: together it makes for an interesting and informative read."" -- Professor Sheila Embleton, Department of Languages, Literature & Linguistics, York University, Canada As a practising historical linguist I found much of the book fascinating reading, as it took me Into methods and geographic regions of historical linguistics which I am less familiar with, and many of the chapters provided me with a pithy but informative overview of their respective fields. -- Linguist ... this is a highly competent updated work, extremely useful in laying out different discussion topics related to the various aspects developed, as well as in completing and updating the large number of reference books currently available in historical linguistics. -- Journal of Historical Linguistics Vol.1:2"

Author Information

Silvia Luraghi is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pavia, Italy. Vit Bubenik is Professor of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

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