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Auteur(s) : Ringe, Donald A. (1954-....)
Eska, Joseph F. (1959-....)
Titre(s) : Historical linguistics [Texte imprimé] : toward a twenty-first century reintegration / Don Ringe and Joseph F. Eska
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge university press, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : xiv, 313 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. The nature of human language and
language variation; 2. Language replication and language change; 3. Language change
in the speech community; 4. Language contact as a source of change; 5. Sound change;
6. The evolution of phonological rules; 7. Morphology; 8. Morphological change; 9.
Syntactic change; 10. Reconstruction; 11. Beyond comparative reconstruction: subgrouping
and 'long-distance' relationships; Appendix: recovering the pronunciation of dead
languages: types of evidence.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-308) and indexes
"Bringing the advances of theoretical linguistics to the study of language change,
this innovative textbook demonstrates the mutual relevance of historical linguistics
and contemporary linguistics. Numerous case studies throughout the book show both
that theoretical linguistics can be used to solve problems where traditional approaches
to historical linguistics have failed to produce satisfying results, and that the
results of historical research can have an impact on theory. The book first explains
the nature of human language and the sources of language change in broad terms. It
then focuses on different types of language change from contemporary viewpoints, before
exploring comparative reconstruction and the problems inherent in trying to devise
new methods for linguistic comparison. Positioned at the cutting edge of the field,
the book argues that this approach can and should lead to the re-integration of historical
linguistics as one of the core areas in the study of language"-- ; "Bringing the advances
of theoretical linguistics to the study of language change in a systematic way, this
innovative textbook demonstrates the mutual relevance of historical linguistics and
contemporary linguistics. Numerous case studies throughout the book show both that
theoretical linguistics can be used to solve problems where traditional approaches
to historical linguistics have failed to produce satisfying results, and that the
results of historical research can have an impact on theory. The book first explains
the nature of human language and the sources of language change in broad terms. It
then focuses on different types of language change from contemporary viewpoints, before
exploring comparative reconstruction - the most spectacular success of traditional
historical linguistics - and the problems inherent in trying to devise new methods
for linguistic comparison. Positioned at the cutting edge of the field, the book argues
that this approach can and should lead to the reintegration of historical linguistics
as one of the core areas in the study of language"--
Sujet(s) : Linguistique historique
Variation linguistique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780521583329 (hardback). - ISBN 0521583322 (hardback). - ISBN 9780521587112
(paperback). - ISBN 0521587115 (paperback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43579148n
Notice n° :
FRBNF43579148
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