{"product_id":"the-life-cycle-of-language-past-present-and-future-9780192845818","title":"The Life Cycle of Language: Past, Present, and Future","description":"This volume brings together an international group of linguists from a diverse range of research backgrounds to explore the cycles of change in the world's languages. Historical linguistics does not solely focus on reconstructing a language's linguistic past and exploring the mechanisms underlying previous language changes; it also addresses broader questions concerning the development and ongoing evolution of language. The chapters in this book draw on data both from languages from the distant past, such as Hittite, Proto-Turkic, and Proto-Bantu, and from present-day languages including Akan, Cantonese, Kuuk Thaayorre, Selis-Ql'ispé, Nivaclé, and Spanish. The contributions showcase current research in historical linguistics and exemplify the dynamism and inherently interdisciplinary nature of the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darya Kavitskaya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.40w x 2.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192845818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarya Kavitskaya, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of California Berkeley\u003c\/em\u003e, Alan C. L. Yu, \u003cem\u003eWilliam Colvin Professor of Linguistics and the College, University of Chicago\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarya Kavitskaya is Associate Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and in the Linguistics Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Her main research interests are contrast preservation and loss and opacity, and she is particularly interested in palatalization and vowel harmony. Her work focuses on phonological issues in Slavic, Turkic, and Uralic, and is connected to other linguistic fields such as historical linguistics, phonetics, and language acquisition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlan C. L. Yu is the William Colvin Professor of Linguistics and the College at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on language variation and change, particularly from an individual-difference perspective. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Natural History of Infixation\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2007), the editor of \u003cem\u003eOrigins of Sound Change: Approaches to Phonologization\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2013), and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Handbook of Phonological Theory, 2nd Edition\u003c\/em\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2011). He is co-General Editor of \u003cem\u003eLaboratory Phonology\u003c\/em\u003e, and Associate Editor of the \u003cem\u003eInternational Journal of American Linguistics\u003c\/em\u003e. He was elected a Fellow of the Linguistic Society of America in 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43182353907827,"sku":"9.78019E+12","price":233.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_83201765-90e6-430f-a0d6-41171f654c47.jpg?v=1752147823","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-life-cycle-of-language-past-present-and-future-9780192845818","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}