Earlier textbooks than Lehmann 1962

[Marc Pierce]

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While we're remembering classics, how about Bloomfield's Language?  This
was the textbook used in the first historical linguistics class I took
(albeit supplemented with a substantial coursepack and list of readings).
 
Marc Pierce
 
 
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Ralf-Stefan Georg wrote:
 
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> And let's not forget about that classic by Hermann Paul: Prinzipien der
> Sprachgeschichte, Tübingen 1880. To qualify it as  up to date would be a
> little bit exaggerated but every modern reader will certainly be surprised
> to learn how much of the methodological and theoretical points illustrated
> there still can be quoted today without much amendments. And it contains
> the all-time favourite quote of every devoted historical linguist: "Es ist
> eingewendet, dass es noch eine andere wissenschaftliche Betrachtung der
> Sprache g"abe, als die geschichtliche. Ich muss das in Abrede stellen."