The new edition of this popular introductory text on historical linguistics covers all areas of language change, with a focus on Australia and the Pacific.Topics include sound change, the comparative method, cultural reconstruction and morphological and syntactic change. INDICE: Tables, Figures, Maps, Preface, Phonetic Symbols, Language Maps; 1.: Introduction; 2.: Types of Sound Change; 3.: Expressing Sound Changes; 4.: Phonetic and Phonemic Changes; 5.: The Comparative Method (1): Procedures; 6.: Determining Relatedness; 7.: Internal Reconstruction; 8.: Computational and Statistical Methods; 9.: The Comparative Method (2.) History and Challenges;10.: Morphological Change; 11.: Semantic and Lexical Change; 12.: Syntactic Change; 13.: Observing Language Change; 14.: Language Contact; 15.: Cultural Reconstruction; Data Sets; Language Index; References; Endnotes; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-536554-2
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 408
- Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés