Linguistic Reconstruction

Linguistic Reconstruction
Author: Anthony Fox
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 394
Release: 1995
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780198700012

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"Anthony Fox's new textbook is primarily for students with an elementary knowledge of general linguistics who need an up-to-date introduction to historical linguistics, particularly to new developments in the theory and practice of linguistic reconstruction." -- Back cover.

Linguistic Reconstruction and Indo-European Syntax

Linguistic Reconstruction and Indo-European Syntax
Author: Paolo Ramat
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 245
Release: 1980-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027235120

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The aim of the colloquium, from which this volume derives, was to bring together approaches from general linguistics and language reconstruction, to show how these can benefit from eachother. Although the focus was on Indo-European languages, other language families were present in the discussion, as typological insights may provide useful parallels to IE phenomena and problems. At the core of the discussion was the methodological problem of induction vs deduction.

Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology

Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology
Author: Philip Baldi
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 768
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 311088609X

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Linguistic Reconstruction and Typology

Linguistic Reconstruction and Typology
Author: Jacek Fisiak
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2011-07-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110816504

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History

The Archaeological and Linguistic Reconstruction of African History
Author: Christopher Ehret
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2023-11-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0520314751

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Principles of Syntactic Reconstruction

Principles of Syntactic Reconstruction
Author: Gisella Ferraresi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027248184

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This is a collection of state-of-the-art papers in the field of syntactic reconstruction. It treats a range of topics which are representative of current debates in historical syntax. The novelty and merit of the present book is, the editors believe, that, in contrast to most previous work on diachronic syntax, it combines the perspectives of the traditional philological research on syntactic reconstruction with the insights of modern syntactic theory, as it is emphasised in the Foreword by Giuseppe Longobardi. The volume includes articles by well-recognized researchers in historical linguistics with a focus on syntactic change. In the present volume syntactic reconstruction is discussed from a variety of angles, including historical linguistics, phenomena of language contact, generative approaches as well as typological and variationist research. In the articles, languages from a diverse range of families are discussed, including Indo-European, North and South Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan, and Turkic.

Principles of Historical Linguistics

Principles of Historical Linguistics
Author: Hans Henrich Hock
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 1101
Release: 2021-10-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110746441

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Historical linguistic theory and practice consist of a large number of chronological "layers" that have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanence of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change, analogy, and borrowing, to prosodic, lexical, morphological, and syntactic change, and to present-day views on rule change and the effects of language contact. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature of each of these "layers". This book is a major revision and reorganization of the earlier editions and adds entirely new chapters on morphological change and lexical change, as well as a detailed discussion of linguistic palaeontology and ideological responses to the findings of historical linguistics to this landmark publication.

The Virtual Linguistics Campus

The Virtual Linguistics Campus
Author: Jürgen Handke, Peter Franke
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2006
Genre: Internet in education
ISBN: 383096689X

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