| Physical description |
xvii, 372 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Oxford textbooks in linguistics. |
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Oxford textbooks in linguistics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-357) and indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Background to the Comparative Method -- 3. The Comparative Method in the Twentieth Century -- 4. The Comparative Method: Basic Procedures -- 5. Comparative Reconstruction of Morphology, Syntax, and the Lexicon -- 6. Issues in Comparative Reconstruction -- 7. Internal Reconstruction -- 8. Applications and Implications of Internal Reconstruction -- 9. Reconstructing Language Relationships -- 10. Language Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction -- 11. Quantitative Methods in Reconstruction -- 12. Reconstruction, Culture, and Society. |
| Subject |
Historical linguistics -- Methodology.
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Comparative linguistics.
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Reconstruction (Linguistics)
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Typology (Linguistics)
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| ISBN |
0198700016 (paperback) |
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0198700008 |
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