• ISBN13: 9783110750263
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Publisher Imprint: Walter de Gruyter
• Publication Date: August 7, 2023
• Pages: 750
• Original Price: USD 50.99
• Language: English
• Edition: Revised and Updated
• Item Weight: 1511 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Linguistics / General

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.

Hock, Hans Henrich: - Hans Henrich Hock, University of Illinois, USA.