This classroom-tested volume aspires to be a brief but technically and factually accurate exposition of linguistic description and history. Whether studied as prime subject or as background information, it should help students understand the assumptions and reasoning that underlie the contents of their handbooks and etymological dictionaries. This book should be a useful guide for anyone unfamiliar with (historical) linguistics who is studying the history of a language, and also for those who are enrolled in courses devoted to reading texts in old languages.
| ISBN: | 9789027236975 |
| Publication date: | 15th February 2000 |
| Author: | Andrew L Sihler |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 320 pages |
| Series: | Current Issues in Linguistic Theory |
| Genres: |
Linguistics |
This classroom-tested volume aspires to be a brief but technically and factually accurate exposition of linguistic description and history. Whether studied as prime subject or as background information, it should help students understand the assumptions and reasoning that underlie the contents of their handbooks and etymological dictionaries.
Language History features in the following genres: Linguistics
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Language History was written by Andrew L Sihler and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Language History has 320 pages
Yes it is part of Current Issues in Linguistic Theory series