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Historical Linguistics: Toward a Twenty-First Century Reintegration

by Don Ringe (Author), Joseph F. Eska (Author)
3.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
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Bringing the advances of theoretical linguistics to the study of language change in a systematic way, this innovative textbook demonstrates the mutual relevance of historical linguistics and contemporary linguistics. Numerous case studies throughout the book show both that theoretical linguistics can be used to solve problems where traditional approaches to historical linguistics have failed to produce satisfying results, and that the results of historical research can have an impact on theory. The book first explains the nature of human language and the sources of language change in broad terms. It then focuses on different types of language change from contemporary viewpoints, before exploring comparative reconstruction - the most spectacular success of traditional historical linguistics -and the problems inherent in trying to devise new methods for linguistic comparison. Positioned at the cutting edge of the field, the book argues that this approach can and should lead to the re-integration of historical linguistics as one of the core areas in the study of language.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0521587115
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    978-0521587112
  3. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  4. Publication date
    March 11, 2013
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6.85 x 0.74 x 9.72 inches
  7. Print length
    325 pages
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"...The authors present the successes of traditional historical linguistics together with the developments brought about by general linguistics.... The book is clearly written and well organized, and there is a wealth of data-not all of it well known to linguists-that should excite the curiosity of even a casual academic reader.... Recommended..."
--L. Lopez, University of Illinois at Chicago, CHOICE

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This innovative textbook demonstrates the mutual relevance of historical linguistics and contemporary linguistics.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (March 11, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 325 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521587115
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521587112
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.85 x 0.74 x 9.72 inches
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  • MIGUEL A ILLANA TRAP
    5.0 out of 5 stars I can surely say this is one of the best updated textbooks on diachronic lingustics
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2017
    As someone with fourteen different certified languages, I can surely say this is one of the best updated textbooks on diachronic lingustics. As some who has been teaching at three different universities with over 90% positive students' evaluations, I can tell anybody this can be the university manual for ant graduate student of historical linguistics.
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  • Manuel Gonzalez
    5.0 out of 5 stars thought provoking en höchstmodern
    Reviewed in Spain on August 7, 2013
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    Labiovelar sonora se convierte en latín en aproximante Labiovelar (u semiconsonántica) salvo trás nasal donde se preserva aunque probablemente realizada difonemáticamente. Este tipo de leyes de las que tanto nos servimos en los cursos de lingüística histórica nos permiten predecir comparativamente los formas de las palabras de, en este caso, el latín frente a sus lenguas hermanas como el griego o el sánscrito. Pero qué significa realmente "se convierte en". Por qué sucede esto en un primer Lugar, y cómo se explican las salvedades de la evolución (no en la posición después de nasal)?
    Este libro se encarga de esclarecer a la luz de la más reciente investigación los presupuestos internos y externos al cambio lingüístico, enfatizando la necesaria utilidad de indagar en estos asuntos para afinar la descripción y explicación de la evolución de una lengua cualquiera. Su foco es principalmente las lenguas indoeuropeas con lo que amplía en particular la perspectiva de discurso de los indoeuropeístas.
    Las leyes o procesos de cambio pasan a ser el centro de la discusión y dejan de ser ya enunciados de apariencia matemática y gris que han de ser memorizados.
    Muy recomendable meter las narices en este tipo de discusión.
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  • MIGUEL A ILLANA TRAP
    5.0 out of 5 stars BEST HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS BOOK EVER
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2013
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    I consider the book to be the best ever written on historical linguistics for four reasons. To begin with, the explanations are followed by examples and these are numerous. Second, the bibliography is updated. Next, it follows a eclectic approach to by taking the best from each school of linguistics. And last, but not least, it uses the 'Leipzig Glossing Rules', which are the standard way, if not the best, to gloss examples today.

    As a holder of a PhD in Sociolexitraductology, I have been living in eleven places from three different countries and I also have been teaching in four different universities anything from Phonetics to Pragmatics. I admire the book authors as I am myself the holder of certificates in thirteen different languages. Understanding the past of a language can make us predict its future.
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