An introduction to historical linguistics /.

An introduction to historical linguistics /. - 4th ed. - 376 p.

Includes bibliographical references 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.

9780195365542 (pbk.)


Historical linguistics