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<div><font color="#000000">Hi,<br>
<br>
I write with some information and questions about my textbook:<br>
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Campbell, Lyle. 2004.<i> Historical Linguistics: an
Introduction.</i> (2nd edition; 1st edition, 1998). Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press, and Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">I had hoped that a new printing could
correct several typos, etc., but instead a new, third edition has been
asked for, to be completed within the year. Therefore, let me offer a
list of the corrections I am aware of, while I also ask for advise
concerning the new edition. </font> Since<font color="#000000"> a
number of the symbols and diacritics in the corrections will not come
out correctly in email, I won't try to send them here in this message,
but will be happy to send a pdf file of the corrections (where they
will be clear) to anyone who might want them. Just send me a message
requesting these at: </font><font color="#0000FF"><u>
lyle.campbell@linguistics.utah.edu</u></font><font
color="#000000">.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Some questions about the new edition
are:</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">(1) Are there topics/themes that you
believe should be added to the book? (I plan to add the equivalent of
about 1 to 1 1/2 chapters of new material that I have in mind
currently, though I must think it through in more detail before
decisions are made.) (I should mention that I will do my best to take
all suggestions into account, though conflicting advice,
considerations of length, and suitability for an introduction may be
limiting factors.)</font></div>
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(2) Is there anything in the book you believe should be taken
out?</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">(3) Do you know of any other corrections
(in addition to those I already have, in the pdf file that I am happy
to send out) that should be made? If so, could you please send
them to me?</font></div>
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(4) Many have asked for answers/solutions/a key to the exercises. The
current tentative plan for the new edition is to provide sample
answers, published at the end of the book. The question is, do you
think that is a good idea, or do you have other recommendations?
(There does not seem to be any practical way to publish answers so
that they are available only to instructors and not publicly available
to students.)<br>
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(5) Do you have any answers of your own that you may have written up
to any of the exercises in the book?, and if so, would you be willing
to share them?</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">(I currently have sample answers in written
form for about 1/3 of the exercises, which I am willing to share with
anyone who would like to request them.)</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">Please send replies to me at</font><font
color="#0000FF"><u>
lyle.campbell@linguistics.utah.edu</u></font><font
color="#000000">.<br>
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Many thanks in advance,</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Lyle Campbell</font></div>
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<font face="Arial Narrow"><b>Dr. Lyle Campbell,</b><br>
Professor of Linguistics, Director, Center for American Indian
Languages<br>
Dept. of Linguistics, University of Utah, LNCO 2300<br>
255 S. Central Campus Drive,<br>
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0492 USA <br>
Tel. 801-581-3441 (my Ling. office), 801-587-0716 (my CAIL office)<br>
801-581-8047 (Dept. of Linguistics), 801-587-0720 (CAIL), Fax
801-585-7351<br>
http://linguistics.utah.edu/?module=facultyDetails&personId=167<span
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