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100 1 $aCrowley, Terry.
245 13 $aAn introduction to historical linguistics /$cTerry Crowley.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aAuckland, N.Z. :$bOxford University Press,$c1992.
300 $a331 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
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500 $aFirst ed. published: [Port Moresby], Papua New Guinea : University of Papua New Guinea Press ; Suva, Fiji : Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, 1987.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-327) and index.
505 0 $aChart of phonetic symbols -- Maps of languages referred to in the text -- Ch. 1. Introduction. 1.1. The Nature of Linguistic Relationships. 1.2. Attitudes to Language Change. 1.3. Deliberately Changing Languages -- Ch. 2. Types of Sound Change. 2.1. Lenition and Fortition. 2.2. Sound Addition. 2.3. Metathesis. 2.4. Fusion. 2.5. Unpacking. 2.6. Vowel Breaking. 2.7. Assimilation. 2.8. Dissimilation. 2.9. Abnormal Sound Changes -- Ch. 3. Expressing Sound Changes. 3.1. Writing Rules. 3.2. Ordering of Changes -- Ch. 4. Phonetic vs Phonemic Change. 4.1. Phonetic Change without Phonemic Change. 4.2. Phonetic Change with Phonemic Change. 4.3. Phonemic Change without Phonetic Change -- Ch. 5. The Comparative Method. 5.1. Sound Correspondences and Reconstruction. 5.2. Reconstruction of Conditioned Sound Changes. 5.3. The Reality of Proto-Languages -- Ch. 6. Internal Reconstruction. 6.1. Synchronic Alternations. 6.2. Limitations of Internal Reconstruction -- Ch. 7. Grammatical, Semantic, and Lexical Change.
505 8 $a7.1. Typology and Grammatical Change. 7.2. Mechanisms of Grammatical Change. 7.3. Semantic Change. 7.4. Lexical Change -- Ch. 8. Subgrouping. 8.1. Shared Innovation and Shared Retention. 8.2. Lexicostatistics and Glottochronology -- Ch. 9. Causes of Sound Change. 9.1. Anatomy and Ethnic Character. 9.2. Climate and Geography. 9.3. Substratum. 9.4. Local Identification. 9.5. Functional Need. 9.6. Simplification. 9.7. Structural Pressure -- Ch. 10. Observing Language Change. 10.1. The Traditional View. 10.2. Indeterminacy. 10.3. Variability. 10.4. The Spread of Change and Lexical Diffusion -- Ch. 11. Problems with the Comparative Method. 11.1. The Neogrammarians. 11.2. Analogy. 11.3. Convergent Lexical Development. 11.4. Spelling Pronunciation. 11.5. Lexical Copying. 11.6. Non-Phonetic Conditioning. 11.7. The Wave Model and Lexical Diffusion. 11.8. Dialect Chains and Non-Discrete Subgroups -- Ch. 12. Language Contact. 12.1. Convergence. 12.2. Language Genesis -- Pidgins and Creoles.
505 8 $a12.3. Language Death -- Ch. 13. Cultural Reconstruction. 13.1. Archaeology. 13.2. Oral History. 13.3. Comparative Culture. 13.4. Historical Linguistics. 13.5. Palaeolinguistics. 13.6. The Reliability of Cultural Reconstruction -- Data Sets. 1. Palauan (Micronesia). 2. Nganyaywana (northern New South Wales). 3. Mbabaram (northern Queensland). 4. Yimas and Karawari (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea). 5. Lakalai (New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea). 6. Suena and Zia (Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea). 7. Korafe, Notu and Binandere (Oro Province, Papua New Guinea). 8. Paamese (Vanuatu). 9. Motu (Central Province, Papua New Guinea). 10. Sepa, Manam, Kairiru and Sera (coastal Sepik, Papua New Guinea). 11. Burduna (Western Australia).
520 $a"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 historical linguistics, presenting concepts in a clear and concise way." -- Back cover.
650 0 $aHistorical linguistics.
650 6 $aLinguistique historique.
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