Title
The Routledge handbook of historical linguistics / edited by Claire Bowern and Bethwyn Evans.
ISBN
9780415527897 (hardback)
0415527899 (hardback)
9781315794013 (ebook)
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
Physical Description
xviii, 757 pages ; 26 cm.
Summary
"The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a survey of the field covering the methods which underpin current work; models of language change; and the importance of historical linguistics for other subfields of linguistics and other disciplines. Divided into five sections, the volume encompass a wide range of approaches and addresses issues in the following areas: historical perspectivesmethods and modelslanguage changeinterfacesregional summariesEach of the thirty-two chapters is written by a specialist in the field and provides: a introduction to the subject; an analysis of the relationship between the diachronic and synchronic study of the topic; an overview of the main current and critical trends; and examples from primary data. The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in this area"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Handbook of historical linguistics
Added to Catalog
October 01, 2014
Series
Routledge handbooks in linguistics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.