20.2781, Books: Historical Linguistics: Smith

[linguist at LINGUISTLIST.ORG]

LINGUIST List: Vol-20-2781. Sun Aug 16 2009. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 20.2781, Books: Historical Linguistics: Smith

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>
 
Reviews: Randall Eggert, U of Utah  
       <reviews at linguistlist.org> 

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, 
and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Maria Moreno-Rollins <maria at linguistlist.org>
================================================================  

Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers
are available at the end of this issue. 

===========================Directory==============================  

1)
Date: 15-Jul-2009
From: Elyse Turr < elyse.turr at oup.com >
Subject: Sound Change and the History of English: Smith
 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:17:12
From: Elyse Turr [elyse.turr at oup.com]
Subject: Sound Change and the History of English: Smith

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=20-2781.html&submissionid=224074&topicid=2&msgnumber=1
  



Title: Sound Change and the History of English 
Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	
Author: Jeremy J. Smith

Paperback: ISBN: 0199563314 9780199563319 Pages: 224 Price: U.S. $ 39.95


Abstract:

This book addresses the question: why do sound changes happen, when and
where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound
changes in English. He relates his arguments to larger questions about the
nature of explanation in history and historical linguistics, and examines
the interplay between sound changes and social change. Drawing on the
latest research in linguistics and history he shows how insights in one
field illuminate the other. 

After the opening chapter describing the book's approach and a general
theoretical framework for the study of sound-change, the author discusses
problems of evidence and considers the nature of phonological processes. He
then presents detailed investigations of major sound-changes from three
transitional periods: first, when English emerged as a language distinct
from the other West Germanic varieties; secondly, during the transition
from Old to Middle English; and thirdly during the time when Middle English
evolved into Early Modern English.

The book is written with minimal use of jargon and offers clear definitions
of complex notions. It will appeal to all serious students of English
historical linguistics, from advanced undergraduate to researcher. 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=42501


MAJOR SUPPORTERS

	Brill          
		http://www.brill.nl	

	Cambridge Scholars Publishing          
		http://www.c-s-p.org	

	Cambridge University Press          
		http://us.cambridge.org	

	Cascadilla Press          
		http://www.cascadilla.com/	

	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd          
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	Edinburgh University Press          
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/	

	Elsevier Ltd          
		http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics	

	Emerald Group Publishing Limited          
		http://www.emeraldinsight.com/	

	Equinox Publishing Ltd          
		http://www.equinoxpub.com/	

	European Language Resources Association - ELRA          
		http://www.elra.info.	

	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	Hodder Education          
		http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.eu	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Mouton de Gruyter          
		http://www.mouton-publishers.com	

	Multilingual Matters          
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/	

	Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG          
		http://www.narr.de/	

	Oxford University Press          
		http://www.oup.com/us	

	Palgrave Macmillan          
		http://www.palgrave.com	

	Peter Lang AG          
		http://www.peterlang.com	

	Rodopi          
		http://www.rodopi.nl/	

	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
		http://www.routledge.com/	

	Springer          
		http://www.springer.com	

	University of Toronto Press          
		http://www.utpjournals.com/	

	Wiley-Blackwell          
		http://www.wiley.com	

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
		http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm 

	Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass
		http://glsa.hypermart.net/ 

	International Pragmatics Assoc.
		http://www.ipra.be 

	Langues et Linguistique
		http://y.ennaji.free.fr/fr/ 

	Linguistic Association of Finland
		http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ 

	Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
		http://www.lotpublications.nl/ 

	Pacific Linguistics
		http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ 

	SIL International
		http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp 

	St. Jerome Publishing Ltd
		http://www.stjerome.co.uk 

	Utrecht institute of Linguistics
		http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/ 
	



-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-20-2781