历史语言学导论（英文版）

　　Historical Linguistics provides a comprehensive and clearly written introduction to historical linguistic theory and methods.Sincs its first publication on 1962 the book has established itself as core reading for students of linguistics.This edition has been thoroughly revised.Drawing on recent linguistic and archaeological research Professor Lehmann incorporates key developments in the field.These include exciting advances in the history and development of writing and in typological classification which allow better understanding of the structure of early languages.The book is well-illustrated with Indo-European examples and supplementary exercises drawing on data from other language families as well.Historical linguistics will enable students to carry out independent work in historical studies on any language family，as well as up-to-date work in Indo-European.

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Preface by Halliday 王宗炎序
Preface by Chomsky 沈家煊序 导读
Preface
Transcription and phonological symbols
List of abbreviations
1 Introduction
2 The background of historical linguistic study
3 The use of written records
4 Genealogical classification
5 Typological classification
6 Linguistic communities
7 The comparative method
8 The method of internal reconstruction
9 Glottochronology
10 Sound change-change in phonological systems
11 Morphological change
12 Syntactic change
13 Semantic change and changes in the lexicon
14 Interrelationships among changes
15 Linguistic and cultural change
16 Conclusion
References
Index
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