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Historical linguistics is the study of how and why languages change over time through phonological, grammatical and semantic changes. It involves reconstructing earlier stages of languages and determining genetic relationships between languages. The field has its roots in classical studies of Greek and Latin but it was not until the 19th century that more scientific methods of language comparison emerged using data on Indo-European languages. Rigorous analysis of sound correspondences by German linguists es
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- Jonathan Japson Pastera
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