Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship

Hans Henrich Hock; Brian D. Joseph

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2019

Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship

An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics

Hans Henrich Hock and Brian D. Joseph

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110613285

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Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Chaucer's English of the fourteenth century so different from Modern English of the late twentieth century that the two are essentially different languages? Why are Americans and English 'one people divided by a common language'? And how can the language of Chaucer and Modern English - or Modern British and American English - still be called the same language? The present book provides answers to questions like these in a straightforward way, aimed at the non-specialist, with ample illustrations from both familiar and more exotic languages.

Most chapters in this new edition have been reworked, with some difficult passages removed, other passages thoroughly rewritten, and several new sections added, e.g. on the regularity of sound change and its importance for general historical-comparative linguistics. Further, the chapter notes and bibliography have all been updated.

The content is engaging, focusing on topics and issues that spark student interest. Its goals are broadly pedagogical and the level and presentation are appropriate for interested beginners with little or no background in linguistics. The language coverage for examples goes well beyond what is usual for books of this kind, with a considerable amount of data from various languages of India.

Author information

Hans Henrich Hock, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Brian D. Joseph, Ohio State University, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface to the Third Edition Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Chapter 1: Introduction Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	1
Appendix to Chapter 1: Phonetics, phonetic symbols, and other symbols Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	18
Chapter 2: The discovery of Indo-European Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	29
Chapter 3: Writing: Its history and its decipherment Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	57
Chapter 4: Sound change Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	104
Chapter 5: Analogy and change in word structure Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter 6: Syntactic change Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	170
Chapter 7: Semantic change Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	189
Chapter 8: Lexical borrowing Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	223
Chapter 9: Lexical change and etymology The study of words Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	260
Chapter 10: Language, dialect, and standard Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	284
Chapter 11: Dialect geography and dialectology Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	308
Chapter 12: Language spread, link languages, and bilingualism Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	322
Chapter 13: Convergence: Dialectology beyond language boundaries Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	343
Chapter 14: Pidgins, creoles, and related forms of language Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	366
Chapter 15: Language death Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	392
Chapter 16: Comparative method: Establishing language relationship Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	398
Chapter 17: Proto-World? The question of long-distance genetic relationships Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	426
Chapter 18: Linguistic palaeontology: Historical linguistics, history, and prehistory Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	447
Chapter notes and suggested readings Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	486
References Requires Authentication Licensed Download PDF	513

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: 3rd. rev. ed.
Audience: Students of General Linguistics, Undergraduate Students of Historical Linguistics
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 565
Keywords: Historical Linguistics

eBook

Published: September 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110613285

Paperback

Published: July 22, 2019
ISBN: 9783110609691