Directions for Historical Linguistics: Reprint of the 1968 Original

by Winfred Philip Lehman

This book, a reprint of one of the classics of historical linguistics, contains five papers originally presented at a 1966 symposium at the University of Texas at Austin. The individual contributions cover a broad range of topics, from Ferdinand de Saussure's influence on historical linguistics to the connection between inflectional paradigms and sound change to language change in contemporary linguistic communities. Each of the contributions has...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004351892
• ISBN13: 9789004351899
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"