This volume presents seven extensive essays by specialists in their respective fields of historical linguistics. The first essay after the Introduction states t

Uniquely organized in terms of theoretical approaches, this is an advanced textbook on the study of English historical linguistics.

This collection showcases the contributions of the study of endangered and understudied languages to historical linguistic analysis, and the broader relevance o

Written by one of America's most prominent linguists, the essays in Generative Linguistics provide a challenging reappraisal of the 'Chomskian Revolution' - the

The Routledge Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a survey of the field covering the methods which underpin current work; models of language change; and