Historical linguistics and endangered languages : exploring diversity in language change /: exploring diversity in language change. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Patience Epps, Danny Law, Na'ama Pat-El.
• Editors: Epps, Patience, 1973-; Law, Danny, 1980-; Pat-El, Na'ama
• Other Names: International Conference on Historical Linguistics, 23rd
• Contents: List of contributors 1. Introduction. Patience Epps, Danny Law, and Na’ama Pat-El Section I. Synchrony and diachrony in phonological systems 2. Why is tone change still poorly understood, and how might documentation of less-studied tone languages help? Eric W. Campbell 3. Phonological enrichment in Neo-Aramaic dialects through language contact. Geoffrey Khan 4. Vowel quality as a history maker: Stress, metaphony and the renewal of Proto-Semitic morphology in Modern South Arabian. Julien Dufour Section II. Synchrony and diachrony in morphology and syntax 5. Patterns of retention and innovation in Dene-Yeniseian verb morphology. Edward J. Vajda 6. Serial verbs and the production of grammatical morphology. Patience Epps and Sunkulp Ananthanarayan Section III. Dynamics of diversity and contact 7. The comparative method and language change in residual areas: A view from the Nuba Mountains. Gerrit J. Dimmendaal 8. Inside Contact-Stimulated Grammatical Development. Marianne Mithun Section IV. Classification and Prehistory 9. A Reconstruction of Proto-Croisilles Phonology and Lexicon. Andrew Pick 10. The linguistic prehistory of the western Himalayas: Endangered minority languages as a window to the past. Manuel Widmer Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 306.44; Endangered languages -- Congresses; Linguistic change -- Congresses; Language and languages -- Variation -- Congresses; Historical linguistics -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429638442; 9780429641619; 9780429030390
• Related ISBNs: 9780367141271
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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