Trask's historical linguistics.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2015Edition: 3rd Edition / edited by Robert McColl MillarDescription: xx, 391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415706575 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 417/.7 23
LOC classification:
  • P140 .T74 2015
Other classification:
  • LAN009010 | LAN000000
Summary: "Trask's Historical Linguistics is an approachable and engaging introduction to historical linguistics - the study of language change over time. This third edition discusses language change, linguistic reconstruction, the birth and death of languages using language examples from around the world. Updated chapters on morphological change and the latest developments in sociolinguistic explanations of variation and change, as well as a brand new companion website with materials for both professors and students, make this third edition of Trask's Historical Linguistics indispensable for all students of language, linguistics and related disciplines"-- Provided by publisher.
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Revised edition of: Trask's Historical linguistics / R.L. Trask. London : Arnold, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Trask's Historical Linguistics is an approachable and engaging introduction to historical linguistics - the study of language change over time. This third edition discusses language change, linguistic reconstruction, the birth and death of languages using language examples from around the world. Updated chapters on morphological change and the latest developments in sociolinguistic explanations of variation and change, as well as a brand new companion website with materials for both professors and students, make this third edition of Trask's Historical Linguistics indispensable for all students of language, linguistics and related disciplines"-- Provided by publisher.

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