Linguistic reconstruction : an introduction to theory and method /

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Author / Creator:Fox, Anthony, 1924-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Description:xvii, 372 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Oxford textbooks in linguistics
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1720330
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ISBN:0198700016 (pbk.)
0198700008
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-357) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Background in Comparitive Method
  • 3. The Comparitive Method in the Twentieth Century
  • 4. The Comparitive Method: Basic Procedures
  • 5. Comparitive Reconstruction of Morphology, Syntax, and the Lexicon
  • 6. Issues in Comparative Reconstruction
  • 7. Internal Reconstruction
  • 8. Applications and Implications of Internal Reconstruction
  • 9. Reconstructing Language Relationships
  • 10. Language Typology and Linguistic Reconstruction
  • 11. Quantative Methods in Reconstruction
  • 12. Reconstruction, Culture and SocietyReferences