Date: 25-Sep-2007 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Historical Linguistics 2005: Salmons, Dubenion-Smith (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Historical Linguistics 2005
Subtitle: Selected papers from the 17th International Conference on Historical
Linguistics, Madison, Wisconsin, 31 July - 5 August 2005
Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 284
Published: 2007
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Joseph C. Salmons
Editor: Shannon Dubenion-Smith
Hardback: ISBN: 9027247994 9789027247995 Pages: 424 Price: U.S. $ 169.00
Abstract:
This volume contains 22 revised papers originally presented at the 17th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, held August 2005 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The papers cover a broad range of languages, including well-studied languages of Europe but also Aramaic, Zoque and Uto-Aztecan, Japanese and Korean, Afrikaans, and the Pilbara languages of Australia. The theoretical approaches taken are equally diverse, often bringing together aspects of 'formal' and 'functional' theories in a single contribution. Many of the chapters provide fresh data, including several drawing on data from electronic corpora. Topics range from traditional comparative reconstruction to prosodic change and the role of processing in syntactic change.