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Historical Linguistics - An Introduction, Third Edition by Lyle Campbell is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Historical Linguistics - An Introduction, Third Edition about?

Historical linguistics is the study of how and why language changes—both the methods of investigating language change and the theories designed to explain these changes. This highly accessible introductory text takes a hands-on, how-to approach, rather than just talking about the subject as many texts do. The book contains abundant examples both from familiar European languages, to make the topics accessible, and from a variety of non-European languages, to illustrate the depth and range of the concepts. The book also covers a number of essential topics neglected by most texts, including syntactic change, methods for investigating distant genetic relationship, linguistic prehistory, and grammaticalization.

Who reads Historical Linguistics - An Introduction, Third Edition?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Lyle Campbell
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9780748646012
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Language Learning, Historical Fiction, Linguistics

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