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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book assumes a bit of familiarity with linguistic terminology and its aim is clearly to give an introduction of this subfield for beginning linguistic scientists. I read it out of general interest in the methodolgy of historical linguistics and it met my expectations quite well. Some of the more detailed discussions were a bit over my head. But this is a good book and it's particularly nice that the author gives examples from a very wide variety of languages. This is a textbook, and is not a good choice for the general reader. Perhaps as a complement to a well taught course it would be very helpful, but on its own it is dry, not well integrated, and not very enlightening. For a general reader wanting to learn more about historical linquistics, try Jean Aitchison's "Language Change: Progress or Decay"? sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
This accessible, hands-on introduction to historical linguistics - the study of language change - does not just talk about topics. With abundant examples and exercises, it helps students learn for themselves how to do historical linguistics. Distinctive to the book is its integration of the standard traditional topics with others now considered vital to historical linguistics: explanation of 'why' languages change; sociolinguistic aspects of linguistic change; syntactic change and grammaticalization; distant genetic relationships (how to show that languages are related); areal linguistics; and linguistic prehistory. Examples come from a wide range of languages. Those from the history of more familiar languages such as English, French, German and Spanish make the concepts they illustrate more accessible, while others from numerous non-Indo-European languages help to demonstrate the depth and richness of the concepts and methods they illustrate. With its lucid and engaging style, expert guidance and comprehensive coverage, Historical Linguistics: An Introduction is not only an invaluable textbook for students coming to the subject for the first time, but also an entertaining and engaging read for specialists in the field. Features Practical hands-on approach including numerous student exercises Wide range of languages and examples Accessible writing style aimed at beginning students Comprehensive and insightful coverage of essential topics Established textbook author, highly well-known scholar in this field. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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