21.116, Books: Historical Ling/Socioling: Toulmin

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Date: 22-Dec-2009
From: Julie Manley < jmanley at coombs.anu.edu.au >
Subject: From Linguistic to Sociolinguistic Reconstruction: Toulmin
 

	
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Title: From Linguistic to Sociolinguistic Reconstruction 
Subtitle: The Kamta historical subgroup of Indo-Aryan 
Series Title: Studies in Language Change  

Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: Pacific Linguistics
	   http://pacling.anu.edu.au/
	

Book URL: http://www.pacling.com/catalogue/604.html 


Author: Matthew Toulmin

Paperback: ISBN: 9780858836  Pages: 273 Price: AUS $ 95.00 Comment: In Australia add 10% GST


Abstract:

The Indo-Aryan languages and dialects constitute a dialect continuum,
characterised by variable, non-discrete boundaries between speech
communities. In order to reconstruct linguistic history it is necessary to
take stock of this sociolinguistic context and adjust the methods of
reconstruction accordingly. This study presents a theoretically robust,
sociolinguistic framework for historical reconstruction which supplements a
traditional comparative reconstruction of phonology and morphology.

The language varieties examined in this book are known by a number of names
including 'Kamta', 'Rajbanshi', or simply the 'deshi bhasha' of north
Bengal and west Assam . This study provides evidence for a protolanguage,
termed 'proto Kamta' (c. AD 13-16 th century), which was the point of
common origin for these lects, and defines them as a subgroup within
Indo-Aryan. 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Rajbanshi (rjb)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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