Trask's Historical Linguistics

Name: Trask's Historical Linguistics
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ISBN: 9780340927656

ISBN-10: 0340927658

ISBN-13: 9780340927656

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Robert McColl Millar, R. L. Trask

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This book is an introduction to historical linguistics - the study of language change over time. Written in an engaging style and illustrated with examples from a wide range of languages, the book covers the fundamental concepts of language change, methods for historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction, sociolinguistic aspects of language change, language contact, the birth and death of languages, language and prehistory and the issue of very remote relations.A minimal knowledge of linguistic concepts is needed and the book is suitable for students approaching the subject for the first time. The exercises will be particularly useful to teachers and students alike.

Book details

List price: $44.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 532
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English

Robert McColl Millar is Reader in Linguistics in the School of Language & Literature at the University of Aberdeen. His books include Northern and Insular Scots (2007), Authority and Identity. A Sociolinguistic History of Europe before the Modern Age (2010) and English Historical Sociolinguistics (2012).




The fact of language change



Lexical and semantic change



Phonological change I: Change in pronunciation



Phonological change II: Change in phonological systems



Morphological change



Syntactic change



Relatedness between languages



The comparative method



Internal reconstruction



The origin and propagation of change



Contact and the birth and death of languages



Language and prehistory



Very remote relations


Appendix: The Swadesh 200-word list