An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

by Claire Bowern and Terry Crowley

Book Overview

All languages change, just as other aspects of human society are constantly changing. This book is an introduction to the concepts and techniques of diachronic linguistics--the study of language change over time. It covers all the major areas of historical linguistics, presenting concepts in a clear and concise way. While examples are given from a wide range of languages, most major concepts and techniques are illustrated by material drawn from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195583787
• ISBN13: 9780195583786
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

as a textbook

This is a textbook used for my introductory comparative and historical linguistics course. It is a good choice because it is easy to read and to understand. It provides foundation knowledge on languages formation then begins to discuss different topics covered in the comparative and historical linguistics. It gives plenty of exercises for practice and discussion. (unfortunately there is no solution provided) Some of them are pretty challenging and need some thoughts to solve them. I highly recommend this book you all of you.