The Bloomsbury Companion to Historical Linguistics [Hardcover]

Originally published as the Continuum Companion to Historical Linguistics, this book brings together a number of leading scholars who provide a combination of different approaches to current and new issues in historical linguistics, while supplying an exhaustive and up-to-date coverage of sub-fields traditionally regarded as central to historical linguistics research. The editors aim to build a solid background for further discussion and to indicate directions for new research on relevant open questions.

The book includes coverage of key terms, a list of resources, and sections on:

history of research
methodology
phonology
morphology
grammatical categories
syntax
grammaticalization
semantics
etymology
language contact
sociolinguistics
causes of language change

It is a complete resource for researchers working on historical linguistics.

Silvia Luraghi is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pavia, Italy.

Vit Bubenik is Professor of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

Advanced students of linguistics and practising linguists can read this book for both profit and enjoyment. The editors have assembled an impressive list of leading experts in each subfield, each contributing a chapter: together it makes for an interesting and informative read. Professor Sheila Embleton, Department of Languages, Literature & Linguistics, York University, Canada

As a practising historical linguist I found much of the book fascinating reading, as it took me Into methods and geographic regions of historical linguistics which I am less familiar with, and many of the chapters provided me with a pithy but informative overview of their respective fields. Linguist

... this is a highly competent updated work, extremely useful in laying out different discussionlsW