Format:
XVII, 588 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
2. rev. ed.
ISBN:
9783110218428
,
9783110214291
Series Statement:
Trends in linguistics 218
Note:
Literaturverz. S. [535] - 567 und Index
,
Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Introductory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The discovery of Indo-European -- 3. Writing: its history and its decipherment -- 4. Sound change -- 5. Analogy and change in word structure -- 6. Syntactic change -- 7. Semantic change -- 8. Lexical borrowing -- 9. Lexical change and etymology: the study of words -- 10. Language, dialect, and standard -- 11. Dialect geography and dialectology -- 12. Language spread, link languages, and bilingualism -- 13. Convergence: dialectology beyond language boundaries -- 14. Pidgins, creoles, and related forms of language -- 15. Language death -- 16. Comparative method: establishing language relationship -- 17. Proto-world?: the question of long-distance genetic relationships -- 18. Historical linguistics, history, and prehistory: linguistic paleontology and other applications of our methods -- Chapter notes and suggested readings -- Copyright acknowledgments -- References.
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Joseph, Brian D., 1951 - Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship Berlin : De Gruyter, 2009 ISBN 9783110214307
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Historische Sprachwissenschaft
;
Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
;
Indogermanische Sprachen
;
Historische Sprachwissenschaft
;
Indogermanische Sprachen
;
Sprachwandel
;
Indogermanische Sprachen
;
Sprachkontakt
Author information:
Joseph, Brian D. 1951-
Author information:
Hock, Hans Henrich 1938-
Bookmarklink