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An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

by: Crowley, Terry

An Introduction to Historical Linguistics

by: Crowley, Terry

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9780195583786
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0195583787
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/28/1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

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 historica

Preface

(3)

Acknowledgements

(1)

How to use this book

(2)

Chart of phonetic symbols

(1)

Maps of languages referred to in the text

(3)

Chapter One -- Introduction

(17)

1.1 The Nature of Linguistic Relationships

(7)

1.2 Attitudes to Language Change

(3)

1.3 Deliberately Changing Languages

(7)

Chapter Two -- Types of Sound Change

(27)

2.1 Lenition and Fortition

(5)

2.2 Sound Addition

(2)

2.3 Metathesis

(1)

2.4 Fusion

(2)

2.5 Unpacking

(1)

2.6 Vowel Breaking

(1)

2.7 Assimilation

(7)

2.8 Dissimilation

(1)

2.9 Abnormal Sound Changes

(8)

Chapter Three -- Expressing Sound Changes

(9)

3.1 Writing Rules

(3)

3.2 Ordering of Changes

(6)

Chapter Four -- Phonetic vs Phonemic Change

(15)

4.1 Phonetic Change without Phonemic Change

(2)

4.2 Phonetic Change with Phonemic Change

(5)

4.3 Phonemic Change without Phonetic Change

(8)

Chapter Five -- The Comparative Method

(32)

5.1 Sound Correspondences and Reconstruction

(14)

5.2 Reconstruction of Conditioned Sound Changes

101

(8)

5.3 The Reality of Protolanguages

109

(10)

Chapter Six -- Internal Reconstruction

119

(10)

6.1 Synchronic Alternations

119

(4)

6.2 Limitations of Internal Reconstruction

123

(6)

Chapter Seven -- Grammatical, Semantic, and Lexical Change

129

(37)

7.1 Typology and Grammatical Change

130

(14)

7.2 Grammaticalisation

144

(4)

7.3 Mechanisms of Grammatical Change

148

(3)

7.4 Semantic Change

151

(3)

7.5 Lexical Change

154

(12)

Chapter Eight -- Subgrouping

166

(28)

8.1 Shared Innovation and Shared Retention

167

(4)

8.2 Lexicostatistics and Glottochronology

171

(23)

Chapter Nine -- Causes of Language Change

194

(14)

9.1 Anatomy and Ethnic Character

194

(2)

9.2 Climate and Geography

196

(1)

9.3 Substratum

197

(1)

9.4 Local Identification

198

(2)

9.5 Functional Need

200

(1)

9.6 Simplification

201

(4)

9.7 Structural Pressure

205

(1)

9.8 Social Upheaval

206

(2)

Chapter Ten -- Observing Language Change

208

(18)

10.1 The Traditional View

208

(2)

10.2 Indeterminacy

210

(4)

10.3 Variability

214

(6)

10.4 The Spread of Change and Lexical Diffusion

220

(6)

Chapter Eleven -- Problems with Traditional Assumptions

226

(29)

11.1 The Neogrammarians

226

(8)

11.2 Analogy

234

(5)

11.3 Convergent Lexical Development

239

(1)

11.4 Spelling Pronunciation

239

(1)

11.5 Lexical Copying

240

(2)

11.6 Non-Phonetic Conditioning

242

(2)

11.7 The Wave Model and Lexical Diffusion

244

(6)

11.8 Dialect Chains and Non-Discrete Subgroups

250

(5)

Chapter Twelve -- Language Contact

255

(34)

12.1 Convergence

256

(8)

12.2 Language Genesis -- Pidgins and Creoles

264

(11)

12.3 Esoterogeny and Exoterogeny

275

(4)

12.4 Language Death

279

(10)

Chapter Thirteen -- Cultural Reconstruction

289

(32)

13.1 Archaeology

289

(2)

13.2 Oral History

291

(4)

13.3 Comparative Culture

295

(2)

13.4 Historical Linguistics

297

(11)

13.5 Palaeolinguistics

308

(6)

13.6 The Reliability of Cultural Reconstruction

314

(7)

Data Sets

321

(8)

1 Palauan (Micronesia)

321

(1)

2 Nganyaywana (northern New South Wales)

321

(1)

3 Mbabaram (northern Queensland)

322

(1)

4 Yimas and Karawari (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea)

322

(1)

5 Lakalai (New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea)

323

(1)

6 Suena and Zia (Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea)

323

(1)

7 Korafe, Notu and Binandere (Oro Province, Papua New Guinea)

324

(1)

8 Paamese (Vanuatu)

324

(1)

9 Motu (Central Province, Papua New Guinea)

325

(1)

10 Sepa, Manam, Kairiru and Sera (coastal Sepik, Papua New Guinea)

325

(1)

11 Burduna (Western Australia)

326

(1)

12 Quebec French (Canada)

327

(2)

Language Index

329

(3)

References

332

(5)

Index

337

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