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Trask's historical linguistics / Edited by Robert McColl Millar.

Contributor(s): Millar, Robert McCollMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xv, 389 pages illustrationISBN: 9780367645595; 9780367645571Subject(s): Historical linguistics | Comparative linguisticsDDC classification: 417/.7 Summary: "Trask's Historical Linguistics provides an accessible introduction to historical linguistics - the study of language change over time. This engaging book is illustrated with language examples from all six continents, and covers the fundamental concepts of language change, methods for historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction, sociolinguistic aspects of language change, language contact, the birth and death of languages, language and prehistory and the issue of very remote relations. This fourth edition of this renowned textbook is fully revised and updated and covers the most recent developments in historical linguistics"--
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Books Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters).
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Books Books Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters).
P140 .T73 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0194567

"Trask's Historical Linguistics provides an accessible introduction to historical linguistics - the study of language change over time. This engaging book is illustrated with language examples from all six continents, and covers the fundamental concepts of language change, methods for historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction, sociolinguistic aspects of language change, language contact, the birth and death of languages, language and prehistory and the issue of very remote relations. This fourth edition of this renowned textbook is fully revised and updated and covers the most recent developments in historical linguistics"--

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