01555nam a2200145   4500008004100000022001800041245006000059210005700119250000600176260002200182300000800204520113400212100001901346856004401365       2004                        eng d  a978026253267900aHistorical Linguistics: An Introduction. The MIT Press.0 aHistorical Linguistics An Introduction The MIT Press  a2  aBostonbMIT Press  a4703 a<p>This accessible, hands-on text not only introduces students to the important topics in historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to think about the issues; abundant examples and exercises allow students to focus on how to do historical linguistics. Distinctive to this text is its integration of the standard topics with others now considered important to the field, including syntactic change, grammaticalization, sociolinguistic contributions to linguistic change, distant genetic relationships, areal linguistics, and linguistic prehistory. Examples are taken from a broad range of languages; those from the more familiar English, French, German, and Spanish make the topics more accessible, while those from non-Indo-European languages show the depth and range of the concepts they illustrate.This second edition features expanded explanations and examples as well as updates in light of recent work in linguistics, including a defense of the family tree model, a response to recent claims on lexical diffusion/frequency, and a section on why languages diversify and spread.</p>1 aCampbell, Lyle  uhttp://scripta-bulgarica.eu/en/node/742