Principles of Historical Linguistics

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Principles of Historical Linguistics is written by Hans Henrich Hock and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110746441 (ISBN 10) and 9783110746440 (ISBN 13).

Historical linguistic theory and practice consist of a large number of chronological "layers" that have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanence of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change, analogy, and borrowing, to prosodic, lexical, morphological, and syntactic change, and to present-day views on rule change and the effects of language contact. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature of each of these "layers". This book is a major revision and reorganization of the earlier editions and adds entirely new chapters on morphological change and lexical change, as well as a detailed discussion of linguistic palaeontology and ideological responses to the findings of historical linguistics to this landmark publication.