Screen LibraryPatterns of change - change of patterns : linguistic change and reconstruction methodology /
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
2013. ©1991 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110871890 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110871890.jpg |
| Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
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1 online resource (x, 343 pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110871890 |
| Index Number: | P142 |
| CLC: | H0-09 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: The comparative method / Summary report: American Indian languages and principles of language change / The role of typology in American Indian historical linguistics / Algonquian linguistic change and reconstruction / Mayan languages and linguistic change / Summary report: Linguistic change and reconstruction methodology in the Austronesian language family / The "aberrant" (vs. "exemplary") Melanesian languages / Patterns of sound change in the Austronesian languages / Etymologies, equations, and comparanda: Types and values, and criteria for judgment / Is the "comparative" method general or family-specific? / Summary report: Linguistic change and reconstruction in the Australian language family / Social parameters of linguistic change in an unstratified Aboriginal society / The significance of pronouns in the history of Australian languages / Morphological clues to the relationships of Japanese and Korean / A survey of Omotic grammemes / The regularity of sound change: A Semitistic perspective / Subject index -- Language index -- Author index -- Backmatter. |