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Varying Form of Title: | Handbook of historical linguistics
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Other authors / contributors: | Bowern, Claire, 1977- editor.
Evans, Bethwyn, editor.
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ISBN: | 1317743245 9781317743248 9781315794013 1315794012 1306971586 9781306971584 9780415527897 0415527899 9781317743231 1317743237
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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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"--
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Other form: | Print version: Routledge handbook of historical linguistics 9780415527897
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Standard no.: | 10.4324/9781315794013
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