Historical Linguistics provides a comprehensive and clearly written introduction to historical linguistic theory and methods. Since its first publication in 1962 the book has established itself as core reading for students of linguistics. This edition has been thoroughly revised. Drawing on recent linguistic and archaeological research Professor Lehmann incorporates key developments in the field. These include exciting advances in the history and development of writing: and in typological classification which allows better understanding of the structure of early languages. Well-illustrated with Indo-European examples, and supplementary exercises which draw on data from other language families as well, the book will enable students to carry out independent work in historical studies on any language family, as well as up-to-date work in Indo-European.

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Product Description: These papers from the 1987 Typology Symposium ― a follow-up to the 1985 meeting in Moscow ― deal with the relevance of typology for historical linguistics. Its application in understanding phonological and grammatical change is examined for a variety of languages...read more

Product Description: This volume presents revised versions of papers originally presented at the Colloquium in Linguistic Typology, held in Moscow in 1985. The organizers and participants of the colloquium considered it of great importance to come to terms on primary principles, in order to be able to build on previous research and to determine the place of typology in linguistics...read more

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Product Description: From What is Language? Chapter 1: Language, in short, enables us to live effectively, to develop our capabilities, and to satisfy our curiosity about our surroundings. This book examines language: what it is, how we use it, and some its impact on us and our society.