Historical linguistics is the study of how and why language changes—both the methods of investigating language change and the theories designed to explain these changes. This highly accessible introductory text takes a hands-on, how-to approach, rather than just talking about the subject as many texts do. The book contains abundant examples both from familiar European languages, to make the topics accessible, and from a variety of non-European languages, to illustrate the depth and range of the concepts. The book also covers a number of essential topics neglected by most texts, including syntactic change, methods for investigating distant genetic relationship, linguistic prehistory, and grammaticalization.

Historical Linguistics: An Introduction

Reference

Lyle Campbell

Words, Language & Grammar

The MIT Press

MIT Press (MA)

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Edinburgh University Press

An accessible introduction to historical linguistics, this work contains many examples and problem sets/exercises to which the students can apply the principles and procedures outlined in each chapter. It deals with essential areas of historical linguistics: grammaticalization, sociolinguistic treatment of linguistic change, remote genetic relationship; areal linguistics and linguistic prehistory.

Foreign Language Study & Reference

The Adventure Continues by Samaruddin Stewart and Lyle Campbell 
The Adventure Continues is a photographic compilation and diary journal of the 2001 recreation of the historic London to Sydney Air Race. This book will take you along on a whirlwind journey on an historic 1954 Grumman Albatross as it circles the world, touching 6 continents in over 50 days of travel. This chronicle is an experience to be enjoyed by anyone who loves a great adventure!

The Adventure Continues

Samaruddin Stewart

Granville Island/Peanut Butter Publishing

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