Campbell, Lyle

Historical linguistics : an introduction / Campbell Lyle - 4th ed. - UK: Edenbrugh University Press, 2020 - 498 p.

1. Introduction
2. Sound change
3. Loanwords (borrowing)
4. Analogical change
5. Lexical change
6. Semantic change
7. The comparative method and linguistic reconstruction
8. Internal reconstruction
9. Language classification and models of linguistics change
10. Language contact
11. Change in syntax and morphology
12. Explanation of language change
13. Distant genetic relationship
14. Writing and philology: the role of written records
15. Quantitative approaches to historical linguistics and technical tools


9781474463126 (pbk)


Historical linguistics--Comparative linguistics--Linguistic change

417.7 / C1521