| Description |
297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The classification of languages : Genealogical classification of languages -- Typological classification of langugages -- Methods employed in the gathering and analysis of material : The use of written records -- The comparative method -- The method of internal reconstruction -- Study of loss in language; lexicostatistics -- Broadening of language materials; dialect geography -- Models of language -- Change in language : Change in phonological systems -- Change in grammatical systems; analogical change -- Change in semantic systems -- Borrowing: influence of one language or dialect on another -- Conclusion. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Provenance |
Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt Memorial Collection |
| Subject |
Historical linguistics.
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Historical linguistics. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Lehmann, Winfred P. (Winfred Philipp), 1916-2007. Historical linguistics. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1962] (OCoLC)578890205 |
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