An introduction to historical linguistics
By: Terry Crowley and Claire Bowern.
Contributors: Bowern, Claire, 1977-
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195365542
Subjects: Historical linguistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Types of sound change; title: Expressing sound changes; title: Phonetic and phonemic change; title: The comparative method (1): procedures; title: Determining relatedness; title: Internal reconstruction; title: Computational and statistical methods; title: The comparative method (2): history and challenges; title: Morphological change; title: Semantic and lexical change; title: Syntactic change; title: Observing language change; title: Language contact; title: Cultural reconstruction.