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245 1 0 _aTrask's historical linguistics /
_cEdited by Robert McColl Millar.
250 _aFourth edition.
264 1 _aAbingdon, Oxon ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge,
_c2023.
300 _axv, 389 pages
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520 _a"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"--
650 0 _aHistorical linguistics.
650 0 _aComparative linguistics.
700 1 _aMillar, Robert McColl,
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