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Author : Thomas D. Cravens
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Comparative Historical Dialectology written by Thomas D. Cravens and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This brief monograph explores the historical motivations for two sets of phonological changes in some varieties of Romance: restructured voicing of intervocalic /p t k/, and palatalization of initial /l/ and /n/. These developments have been treated repeatedly over the decades, yet neither has enjoyed a satisfactory solution. This book attempts to demonstrate that both outcomes are ultimately attributable to the loss of early pan-Romance consonant gemination.This study is of interest not only to the language-specific field of historical Romance linguistics, but also to general historical linguistics. The central problems examined here constitute classic cases of questions that cannot be answered by confining analysis solely to the individual languages under investigation. The passage of time, the indirect nature of fragmentary and accidental documentation, and the nature of the changes themselves conspire to deny access to the most essential facts. However, comparison of closely cognate languages now undergoing change supplies a perspective for discerning conditions that may ultimately lead to states achieved in the distant past by the languages under investigation.
A Comparative Historical Study Of Cognate Languages And Dialectology
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Author : Georgij S. Sčur
language : en
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Release Date : 1967
A Comparative Historical Study Of Cognate Languages And Dialectology written by Georgij S. Sčur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with categories.
Comparative Historical Dialectology
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Author : Thomas D. Cravens
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Comparative Historical Dialectology written by Thomas D. Cravens and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This brief monograph explores the historical motivations for two sets of phonological changes in some varieties of Romance: restructured voicing of intervocalic /p t k/, and palatalization of initial /l/ and /n/. These developments have been treated repeatedly over the decades, yet neither has enjoyed a satisfactory solution. This book attempts to demonstrate that both outcomes are ultimately attributable to the loss of early pan-Romance consonant gemination. This study is of interest not only to the language-specific field of historical Romance linguistics, but also to general historical linguistics. The central problems examined here constitute classic cases of questions that cannot be answered by confining analysis solely to the individual languages under investigation. The passage of time, the indirect nature of fragmentary and accidental documentation, and the nature of the changes themselves conspire to deny access to the most essential facts. However, comparison of closely cognate languages now undergoing change supplies a perspective for discerning conditions that may ultimately lead to states achieved in the distant past by the languages under investigation.
A Reader In Historical And Comparative Linguistics
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Author : Allan R. Keiler
language : en
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Release Date : 1971
A Reader In Historical And Comparative Linguistics written by Allan R. Keiler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Dictionary Of Historical And Comparative Linguistics
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Author : Trask R. L. Trask
language : en
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2019-08-08
Dictionary Of Historical And Comparative Linguistics written by Trask R. L. Trask and has been published by Edinburgh University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-08 with LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES categories.
Historical and comparative linguistics has been a major scholarly discipline for 200 years, and yet this is the first dictionary ever devoted to it. With nearly 2400 entries, this dictionary covers every aspect of the subject, from the most venerable work to the exciting advances of the last few years, many of which have not even made it into textbooks yet.All of the traditional terms are here, but so are the terms only introduced recently, in connection with such varied subjects as pidgin and creole languages, the sociolinguistic study of language change, mathematical and computational methods, the novel approaches to linguistic geography, the controversial proposals of new and vast language families, and the attempts at relating the results of the historical linguists to those of the archaeologists, the anthropologists and the geneticists.More than just a dictionary, this book provides genuine linguistic examples of most of the terms entered, detailed explanations of fundamental concepts, critical assessment of controversial ideas, cross-references to related terms, and an abundance of references to the original literature.Features:*The first dictionary in the field.*Comprehensive coverage.*Clearly written and accurate entries.*Covers traditional and contemporary terminology.*Provides linguistic examples of terms defined.*Supplies numerous cross-references to related terms.*Includes hundreds of references to the original literature.
Historical And Comparative Linguistics
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Author : Raimo Anttila
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1989-01-01
Historical And Comparative Linguistics written by Raimo Anttila and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In any course of historical and comparative linguistics there will be students of different language backgrounds, different levels of linguistic training, and different theoretical orientation. This textbook attempts to mitigate the problems raised by this heterogeneity in a number of ways. Since it is impossible to treat the language or language family of special interest to every student, the focus of this book is on English in particular and Indo-European languages in general, with Finnish and its closely related languages for contrast. The tenets of different schools of linguistics, and the controversies among them, are treated eclectically and objectively; the examination of language itself plays the leading role in our efforts to ascertain the comparative value of competing theories. This revised edition (1989) of a standard work for comparative linguists offers an added introduction dealing mainly with a semiotic basis of change, a final chapter on aspects of explanation, particularly in historical and human disciplines, and added sections on comparative syntax and on the semiotic status of the comparative method.
Essays On Russian Historical Dialectology
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Author : Alexander S. Heard
language : en
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Release Date : 2016-06-23
Essays On Russian Historical Dialectology written by Alexander S. Heard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with categories.
The book is a monumental work of almost 60 years of research and expeditions of Professor Alexander Herd in Russian historical dialectology. Readers, who are interested in language variation and historical linguistics, will find interesting theoretical proposals as well as suggestions concerning ways of approaching previously unsolved empirical problems in Russian historical dialectology. The monograph deals with various aspects of Russian historical regional dialectology. The monograph borders on the issue of historical dialectology and linguistic change. The information is proportionally focused on Russian historical dialectology. At the same time it serves as a comparative linguistics manual for ALL slavic languages. The monograph covers all aspects of Russian historical dialectology, presenting the material with the dialectological map of the Russian Dialects. The language specific contributions also often cover areas of a more general nature. The results indicate new vistas for further productive research in the area of historical dialectology.
Southern Min
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Author : Bit-Chee Kwok
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-01-29
Southern Min written by Bit-Chee Kwok and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-29 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Southern Mǐn refers to a group of Chinese dialects spoken mainly in Southeast China and Taiwan. This group occupies a special position in the study of Chinese dialects, not only because of its large population of speakers (around 48 million) but also because of its preservation of various archaic linguistic features long lost in other dialects. In this book, B.C. Kwok applies the comparative method on new fieldwork data to reconstruct the common sound system of ‘Proto-Southern Mǐn’, from which all modern Southern Mǐn varieties emerged. The syllable initials, finals and tonal categories of Proto-Southern Mǐn are illustrated by more than 500 examples. In addition, this book offers an alternative view on the subgrouping of 12 Southern Mǐn varieties. It proposes that the Quánzhōu dialect and the Zhāngzhōu dialect form the two main branches of the dialect group. This book should be of great interest to advanced students and scholars in the fields of historical linguistics and Chinese dialectology.
Problems In Comparative Chinese Dialectology
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Author : David Prager Branner
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-04-20
Problems In Comparative Chinese Dialectology written by David Prager Branner and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book discusses the methodology of systematic Chinese Dialect classification, with particular attention to the conservative Miin and Hakka groups spoken in southern China. The primary linguistic methodology employed is the historical-comparative method, and the dialects chosen as examples of classification are those spoken in and around the township of Wann'an in western Fukien's Longyan country. The book features extensive comparative tables of dialect forms, and a two-hundred page appendix outlining the diasystem of the four principal Wann'an dialects.
An Introduction To Historical And Comparative Linguistics
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Author : Raimo Anttila
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
An Introduction To Historical And Comparative Linguistics written by Raimo Anttila and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.