An introduction to historical linguistics /
Crowley, Terry.
An introduction to historical linguistics / Terry Crowley and Claire Bowern. - 4th ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxxii, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-367) 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.)
2008048617
Historical linguistics.
P140 / .C76 2010
417.7 / CTI
An introduction to historical linguistics / Terry Crowley and Claire Bowern. - 4th ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxxii, 376 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-367) 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.)
2008048617
Historical linguistics.
P140 / .C76 2010
417.7 / CTI