Principles of Historical Linguistics / / Hans Henrich Hock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990
• VerfasserIn: Hock, Hans Henrich,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2020]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 2nd printing. Reprint 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 34
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 744 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Maps and charts --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Phonetics, transcription, terminology, abbreviations --; 3. Sound change: The regularity hypothesis --; 4. Sound change and phonological contrast --; 5. Sound change: Assimilation, weakening, loss --; 6. Sound change: Dissimilation, haplology, metathesis --; 7. Sound change: Epenthesis, elimination of hiatus, other changes --; 8. Sound change: Structure and function --; 9. Analogy: General discussion and typology --; 10. Analogy: Tendencies of analogical change --; 11. Analogy and generative grammar --; 12. Semantic change --; 13. Syntactic change --; 14. Linguistic contact: Lexical borrowing --; 15. Linguistic contact: Dialectology --; 16. Linguistic contact: Koinés, convergence, pidgins, creoles, language death --; 17. Internal reconstruction --; 18. Comparative method: Establishing linguistic relationship --; 19. Comparative reconstruction --; 20. Linguistic change: Its nature and causes --; Notes --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110871975; 9783110636772
• ISSN: 1861-4302
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110871975
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hans Henrich Hock.

Historical linguistic theory and practice contains a great number of different 'layers' which have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanency of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change and analogy to present-day ideas on rule change and language mixture. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature and justifications (or shortcomings) of each of these 'layers', not just to look for a single 'overarching' theory. The major purpose of the book is to provide in up-to-date form such an understanding of the principles of historical linguistics and the related fields of comparative linguistics and linguistic reconstruction. In addition, the book provides a very broad exemplification of the principles of historical linguistics.