Trask's Historical Linguistics by Robert Mccoll Millar
Trasks Historical Linguistics provides an accessible introduction to historical linguistics the study of language change over time. This fourth edition of this renowned textbook is fully revised and updated and covers the most recent developments in historical linguistics.Since its first publication in 1996, Trask’s Historical Linguistics has been the resource for teaching historical linguisticsIt’s great to have a new edition, carefully updated and revised by language change expert McColl Millar, so that future generations can also work with this gem of a textbook!
Professor Alexander Bergs, Osnabrück University, Germany
Trask's Historical Linguistics is that rare thing: a wide-ranging textbook for both undergraduates and postgraduates that is not only as an authoritative introduction to the topic but also offers new insights into major research problems. Robert McColl Millar's latest revision is a tour-de-force of clear, up-to-date and indeed inspirational exposition. It can be heartily recommended.
Jeremy J. Smith, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Robert McColl Millar is Professor of Linguistics and Scottish Language at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has published widely on, amongst other things, linguistic contact and rapid language change, the sociology of language, and dialectology. His most recent publications include Contact: The Interaction of Closely Related Linguistic Varieties and the History of English (2016) and A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland (2020). He has recently completed A History of the Scots Language, which will be published in 2023.
R L Trask was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex, UK, and a leading authority on Basque language and historical linguistics. His book The History of Basque (1997) is an essential reference on diachronic Basque linguistics, and probably the best-known introduction to Basque linguistics. He also wrote about the problem of the origin of language and, amongst his other publications, the very successful foundational text, Language: The Basics (1995).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780367645571 |
| ISBN 10 | 0367645572 |
| Title | Trask's Historical Linguistics |
| Author | Robert Mccoll Millar |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-05-18 |
| Number of pages | 390 |
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