{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-historical-linguistics-9781405127479","title":"The Handbook of Historical Linguistics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an account of the numerous issues that characterize the work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics directly concerned with language change and language states. This title contains an introduction that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context within linguistics and the historical sciences in general.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e proves an atypical handbook in several positive senses, beginning with the introduction's bold tackling of foundational issues. While many chapters offer the expected compact overviews of familiar topics, others are, we hope, destined to become influential as needed lucid statements on particular issues... and thought-provoking, original contributions... The value of \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e is multifaceted; its influence will be far-reaching and long-lasting.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The editors have assembled a remarkable array of contributors who can introduce readers to the professional standards of scholarship and scientific reasoning that characterize the field.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Labov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eUniversity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eof\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePennsylvania\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An authoritative collection, by a stellar group of contributors, that presents historical linguistics as it really is – a multifaceted study that is both a branch of general linguistics and a field in its own right. No other survey covers the territory half so well.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay Jasanoff, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Language, Change, and Language Change – Or, Of History, Linguistics, and Historical Linguistics 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard D. Janda and Brian D. Joseph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Methods for Studying Language Change 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Comparative Method 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert L. Rankin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 On the Limits of the Comparative Method 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eS. P. Harrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Internal Reconstruction 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon Ringe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 How to Show Languages are Related: Methods for Distant Genetic Relationship 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLyle Campbell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Diversity and Stability in Language 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohanna Nichols\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Phonological Change 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Phonological Basis of Sound Change 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Kiparsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 \u003c\/b\u003eNeogrammarian\u003cb\u003e Sound Change 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Hale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Variationist Approaches to Phonological Change 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregory R. Guy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 “Phonologization” as the Start of Dephoneticization – Or, On Sound Change and its Aftermath: Of Extension, Generalization, Lexicalization, and Morphologization 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard D. Janda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Morphological and Lexical Change 423\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Analogy: The Warp and Woof of Cognition 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaimo Anttila\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Analogical Change 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHans Henrich Hock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Naturalness and Morphological Change 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWolfgang U. Dressler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Morphologization from Syntax 472\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian D. Joseph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Syntactic Change 493\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Grammatical Approaches to Syntactic Change 495\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Lightfoot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Variationist Approaches to Syntactic Change 509\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Pintzuk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on Syntactic Change 529\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice C. Harris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Functional Perspectives on Syntactic Change 552\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarianne Mithun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Vi Pragmatico-semantic Change 573\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Grammaticalization 575\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernd Heine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Mechanisms of Change in Grammaticization: The Role of Frequency 602\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoan Bybee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Constructions in Grammaticalization 624\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Closs Traugott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 An Approach to Semantic Change 648\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenjamin W. 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