Trask s Historical Linguistics 3rd Edition by Robert Mccoll Millar, Larry Trask 0415706580 9780415706582

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ISBN 10: 0415706580
ISBN 13: 9780415706582
Author: Robert McColl Millar, Larry Trask

Trask’s Historical Linguistics, Third Edition, is an accessible introduction to historical linguistics – the study of language change over time. This engaging book is illustrated with language examples from all six continents, and covers the fundamental concepts of language change, methods for historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction, sociolinguistic aspects of language change, language contact, the birth and death of languages, language and prehistory and the issue of very remote relations.

Trask’s Historical Linguistics 3rd Table of contents

chapter 1 The fact of language change
chapter 2 Lexical and semantic change
chapter 3 Phonological change I: change in pronunciation
chapter 4 Phonological change II: change in phonological systems
chapter 5 Morphological change
chapter 6 Syntactic change
chapter 7 Relatedness between languages
chapter 8 The comparative method
chapter 9 Internal reconstruction
chapter 10 The origin and propagation of change
chapter 11 Social and historical pressures upon language
chapter 12 Language and prehistory

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