{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-historical-linguistics-volume-ii-9781118732212","title":"The Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn entirely new follow-up volume providing a detailed account of numerous additional issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis brand-new, second volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics \u003c\/i\u003eis a complement to the well-established first volume first published in 2003. It includes extended content allowing uniquely comprehensive coverage of the study of language(s) over time. Though it adds fresh perspectives on several topics previously treated in the first volume, this \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on extensions of diachronic linguistics beyond those key issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e provides readers with studies of language change whose perspectives range from comparisons of large open vs. small closed corpora, via creolistics and linguistic contact in general, to obsolescence and endangerment of languages. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, new chapters are offered on matters such as the origin of language, evidence from language for reconstructing human prehistory, invocations of language present in studies of language past, benefits of linguistic fieldwork for historical investigation, ways in which not only biological evolution but also field biology can serve as heuristics for research into the rise and spread of linguistic innovations, and more. Moreover, it: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eoffers novel and broadened content complementing the earlier volume so as to provide the fullest available overview of a wholly engrossing field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes 23 all-new contributed chapters, treating some familiar themes from fresh perspectives but mostly covering entirely new topics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003efeatures expanded discussion of material from language families other than Indo-European\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides a multiplicity of views from numerous specialists in linguistic diachrony.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume II \u003c\/i\u003eis an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, researchers and professional linguists, as well as all those interested in the history of particular languages and the history of language more generally. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard D. Janda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.90w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118732212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard D. Janda\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Visiting Scholar in French and Italian at Indiana University Bloomington, USA, but his teaching spans eleven universities in nine US states. He is author or editor of over 75 publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2003). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian D. Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and The Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Linguistics at The Ohio State University, USA. He has written and edited numerous books and published some 300 articles. He served as editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eLanguage\u003c\/i\u003e from 2002 - 2009, and is currently co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Greek Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara S. Vance\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Associate Professor of French Linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSyntactic Change in Medieval French\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and is a specialist in the historical syntax of French and Occitan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40679589249139,"sku":"9.78112E+12","price":331.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_94035456-3b67-4f3c-89d9-6c0e6935b413.jpg?v=1674657117","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-historical-linguistics-volume-ii-9781118732212","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}