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Historical linguistic theory and practice consist of a large number of chronological „layers“ that have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanence of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change, analogy, and borrowing, to prosodic, lexical, morphological, and syntactic change, and to present-day views on rule change and the effects of language contact. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature of each of these „layers“. This book is a major revision and reorganization of the earlier editions and adds entirely new chapters on morphological change and lexical change, as well as a detailed discussion of linguistic palaeontology and ideological responses to the findings of historical linguistics to this landmark publication.
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Principles of historical linguistics, Hans Henrich Hock
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- 1986
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- Title
- Principles of historical linguistics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hans Henrich Hock
- Publisher
- Mouton de Gruyter
- Released
- 1986
- ISBN10
- 3110106000
- ISBN13
- 9783110106008
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- Historical linguistic theory and practice consist of a large number of chronological „layers“ that have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanence of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change, analogy, and borrowing, to prosodic, lexical, morphological, and syntactic change, and to present-day views on rule change and the effects of language contact. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature of each of these „layers“. This book is a major revision and reorganization of the earlier editions and adds entirely new chapters on morphological change and lexical change, as well as a detailed discussion of linguistic palaeontology and ideological responses to the findings of historical linguistics to this landmark publication.