02707cam a2200361 i 4500 21516082 20210608141241.0 200419s2020 ne b 001 0 eng 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg acquire 1 shelf copy policy default LBSOR 2020-04-19 xk33 2020-04-30 (TW Situational) to Dewey xm04 2020-05-04 (TW situational) xn11 2020-09-29 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. xk25 2020-11-03 to CALM 2020005905 9789027205506 (hardcover ; alk. paper) 9789027205513 (softcover ; alk. paper) 9789027261236 (pdf) LBSOR/DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc P140 .W56 2020 417/.7 23 Winters, Margaret E., author. Historical linguistics : a cognitive grammar introduction / Margaret E. Winters. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020] xvi, 241 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index. What is language change? -- Studying change -- Lexical change -- Phonetic change -- Phonological change -- Morphological change -- Syntactic change -- Actuation and spread -- Methodology -- Causation, prediction, and final remarks. "This textbook serves a dual purpose. It is, first, a comprehensive introduction to historical linguistics, intended for both undergraduate and graduate students who have taken, at the least, an introductory course in linguistics. Secondly, unlike many such textbooks, this one is based in the theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics, a semantics-based theory which emphasizes the relationship between cognition and language. Descriptions and explanations touch on cognitive, social, and physiological aspects of language as it changes across time. Examples come principally from Germanic (English, German, Yiddish) and Romance (French and Spanish), but with some exploration of aspects of the history of other languages as well. Each chapter concludes with exercises based on material in the chapter and also with suggestions for extensions of the content to wider issues in diachronic linguistics"-- Provided by publisher. Historical linguistics Textbooks. Cognitive grammar Textbooks. Online version: Winters, Margaret E. Historical linguistics Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020] 9789027261236 (DLC) 2020005906 LBSORCIP 2020-04-19