New directions for historical linguistics / / edited by Hans C. Boas, Marc Pierce.

"This volume consists of revised versions of presentations given at a roundtable on "New Directions for Historical Linguistics: Impact and Synthesis, 50 years later" held at the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics in San Antonio in 2017, as well as an introduction...

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Superior document:Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics ; Volume 9
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; Volume 9.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Where Was Historical Linguistics in 1968 and Where Is It Now? / Marc Pierce and Hans C. Boas
  • What Has Been Built on Empirical Foundations / William Labov
  • Building on Empirical Foundations: Individual and Community Change in Real Time / Gillian Sankoff
  • Timely Notes on Saussure and Hermann Paul after 1968 / Paul J. Hopper
  • Historical Linguistics Since 1968: on Some of the Causes of Linguistic Change / Sarah G. Thomason
  • Precursors of Work on Grammaticalization and Constructionalization in Directions for Historical Linguistics / Elizabeth Closs Traugott
  • Historical Linguistics in the 50 Years Since Weinreich, Labov, and Herzog (1968) / Brian D. Jose.