02419namaa2200421uu 4500 doab27521 oapen 20260305123946.0 m o d cr|mn|---annan 210210s2014 xx |||||o ||| 0|eng d 9781315794013 9781315794013 10.4324/9781315794013 doi oapen oapen eng dc CF bicssc Bowern, Claire edt The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics Taylor & Francis 2014 1 online resource (758 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics Free-to-read Unrestricted online access star The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a survey of the field covering the methods which underpin current work; models of language change; and the importance of historical linguistics for other subfields of linguistics and other disciplines. Divided into five sections, the volume encompass a wide range of approaches and addresses issues in the following areas: historical perspectives methods and models language change interfaces regional summaries Each of the thirty-two chapters is written by a specialist in the field and provides: a introduction to the subject; an analysis of the relationship between the diachronic and synchronic study of the topic; an overview of the main current and critical trends; and examples from primary data. The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics is essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students working in this area. Chapter 28 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315794013.ch28 All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights English Linguistics bicssc Linguistics Bowern, Claire oth Evans, Bethwyn edt Evans, Bethwyn oth DOAB Library. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27521 0 Free-to-read: DOAB: description of the publication 92711 92711