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Directory         1.     Paul Peranteau , Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages: Dimmendaal Message 1: Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages: Dimmendaal Date: 06-Jul-2011 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages: Dimmendaal E-mail this message to a friend Title: Historical Linguistics and the Comparative Study of African Languages Published: 2011 Publisher: John Benjamins                 http://www.benjamins.com/ Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/z.161 Author: Gerrit J Dimmendaal Electronic: ISBN: 9789027287229 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 105.00 Electronic: ISBN: 9789027287229 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027211781 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 158.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027211781 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 105.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027211781 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 111.30 Paperback: ISBN: 9789027211798 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 36.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9789027211798 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 54.00 Paperback: ISBN: 9789027211798 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 38.16 Abstract: This advanced historical linguistics course book deals with the historical and comparative study of African languages. The first part functions as an elementary introduction to the comparative method, involving the establishment of lexical and grammatical cognates, the reconstruction of their historical development, techniques for the subclassification of related languages, and the use of language-internal evidence, more specifically the application of internal reconstruction. Part II addresses language contact phenomena and the status of language in a wider, cultural-historical and ecological context. Part III deals with the relationship between comparative linguistics and other disciplines. In this rich course book, the author presents valuable views on a number of issues in the comparative study of African languages, more specifically concerning genetic diversity on the African continent, the status of pidginised and creolised languages, language mixing, and grammaticalisation. Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics                             Language Documentation                             Sociolinguistics                             Typology Language Family(ies): Afroasiatic Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=56676 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Brill http://www.brill.nl Cambridge Scholars Publishing http://www.c-s-p.org Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/ Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Emerald Group Publishing Limited http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ European Language Resources Association - ELRA http://www.elra.info. 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