14.894, Books: Historical Linguistics: Joseph & Janda (eds.)

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Subject: 14.894, Books: Historical Linguistics: Joseph & Janda (eds.)

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Date:  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:21:17 +0000
From:  dwill at blackwellpub.com
Subject:  The Handbook of Historical Linguistics: Joseph & Janda (eds.)

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Date:  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:21:17 +0000
From:  dwill at blackwellpub.com
Subject:  The Handbook of Historical Linguistics: Joseph & Janda (eds.)

Title: The Handbook of Historical Linguistics
Series Title: Blackwell Handbooks inLinguistics

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
           http://www.blackwellpublishing.com		

Book URL:
http://http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=0631195718

Editor: Brian D Joseph, Ohio State University
Editor: Richard D Janda, Ohio State nivesity

Hardback: ISBN: 0631195718, Pages: 872, Price: $139.95
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Abstract:

The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of
the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current
work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics concerned with
language change as well as past language states.

- Provides a comprehensive and current account of the numerous issues,
methods, and results that characterize historical linguistics.
- Contains an extensive introduction that places the study of
historical linguistics in its proper context within linguistics and
the historical sciences in general.
- Covers the methodology of historical linguistics and presents
sophisticated overviews of the principles governing phonological,
morphological, syntactic, and semantic change.
- Includes contributions from the leading specialists in the field.

Lingfield(s):   Historical Linguistics

Written In:  English (Language Code: ENG)

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