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Principles of historical linguistics

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Walter de Gruyter, 1991 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 744 pages
Historical linguistic theory and practice contains a great number of different 'layers' which have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanency of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change and analogy to present-day ideas on rule change and language mixture. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature and justifications (or shortcomings) of each of these 'layers', not just to look for a single 'overarching' theory. The major purpose of the book is to provide in up-to-date form such an understanding of the principles of historical linguistics and the related fields of comparative linguistics and linguistic reconstruction. In addition, the book provides a very broad exemplification of the principles of historical linguistics.
  

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Contents

Introduction
1
Phonetics transcription terminology abbreviations
11
The regularity hypothesis
34
Sound change and phonological contrast
52
Assimilation weakening loss
61
Dissimilation haplology metathesis
107
Epenthesis elimination of hiatus other changes
117
Structure and function
148
Syntactic change
309
Lexical borrowing
380
Dialectology
426
Koines convergence pidgins Creoles lan guage death
472
Internal reconstruction
532
Establishing linguistic relationship
556
Comparative reconstruction
581
Its nature and causes
627

General discussion and typology
167
Tendencies of analogical change
210
Analogy and generative grammar
238
Semantic change
280
Notes
663
References
681
Index
729
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