An introduction to historical linguistics / Terry Crowley and Claire Bowern.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxxii, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780195365542 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 417/.7 22
LOC classification:
  • P140 .C76 2010
Contents:
Types of sound change -- Expressing sound changes -- Phonetic and phonemic change -- The comparative method (1): procedures -- Determining relatedness -- Internal reconstruction -- Computational and statistical methods -- The comparative method (2): history and challenges -- Morphological change -- Semantic and lexical change -- Syntactic change -- Observing language change -- Language contact -- Cultural reconstruction.
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Books Books Kwara State University Library P140 .C76 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 005810-01
Books Books Kwara State University Library P140 .C76 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 005810-02

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-367) and index.

Types of sound change -- Expressing sound changes -- Phonetic and phonemic change -- The comparative method (1): procedures -- Determining relatedness -- Internal reconstruction -- Computational and statistical methods -- The comparative method (2): history and challenges -- Morphological change -- Semantic and lexical change -- Syntactic change -- Observing language change -- Language contact -- Cultural reconstruction.

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