Language change and linguistic theory: volume I: approaches, methodology, and sound change, volume II: morphological, syntactic, and typological change

This two volume work examines every aspect of language change and two centuries of linguistic approaches towards understanding it. In its comprehensive approach and great linguistic and historical range, this is a contribution of enduring use and value to historical linguistics and linguistic theory. INDICE: Volume I: Approaches, Methodology, and Sound Change; 1: How Language Change is Investigated; 2: Reconstructing Language History; 3: Building on the Tradition; 4: Analogy and Systematic Repair; 5: Motivations of LanguageChange; 6: Natural Processes; 7: Inverted Operations; 8: Denaturalized Phonetic Processes; 9: Tempo and Mora in Phonological Change; 10: Vowel Shifts and the Middle English Vowels; Volumme II: Morphological, Syntactic, and Typological Change; 1: Word Order and Typology: Core Data; 2: Word Order in Theory and Change; 3: Grammaticalization; 4: Morphological Change; 5: The Feminine Gender in Indo-European; 6: Phrase Structure and Verb Classes; 7: The Mediopassive: Latin to Romance; 8: The History of English DO; 9: Syntactic Change; 10: The Development of Creole Categories; Special Phonetic Symbols; Primary Sources: Texts and Editions; Consolidated References for Volume I and II; Language Index; Subject Index

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959021-6
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Desconocida
• Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés