Sequence Comparison In Historical Linguistics
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Author | : Mattis List |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2014-07-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110720086 |
The comparison of sound sequences (words, morphemes) constitutes the core of many techniques and methods in historical linguistics. With the help of these techniques, corresponding sounds can be determined, historically related words can be identified, and the history of languages can be uncovered. So far, the application of traditional techniques for sequence comparison is very tedious and time-consuming, since scholars have to apply them manually, without computational support. In this study, algorithms from bioinformatics are used to develop computational methods for sequence comparison in historical linguistics. The new methods automatize several steps of the traditional comparative method and can thus help to ease the painstaking work of language comparison. Dissertations in Language and Cognition This series explores issues of mental representation, lingustic structure and representation, and their interplay. The research presented in this series is grounded in the idea explored in the Collaborative Research Center 'The structure of representations in language, cognition and science' (SFB 991) that there is a universal format for the representation of linguistic and cognitive concepts.
Author | : Raimo Anttila |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 491 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027235562 |
In any course of historical and comparative linguistics there will be students of different language backgrounds, different levels of linguistic training, and different theoretical orientation. This textbook attempts to mitigate the problems raised by this heterogeneity in a number of ways. Since it is impossible to treat the language or language family of special interest to every student, the focus of this book is on English in particular and Indo-European languages in general, with Finnish and its closely related languages for contrast. The tenets of different schools of linguistics, and the controversies among them, are treated eclectically and objectively; the examination of language itself plays the leading role in our efforts to ascertain the comparative value of competing theories. This revised edition (1989) of a standard work for comparative linguists offers an added introduction dealing mainly with a semiotic basis of change, a final chapter on aspects of explanation, particularly in historical and human disciplines, and added sections on comparative syntax and on the semiotic status of the comparative method.
Author | : Raimo Anttila |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Trask R. L. Trask |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2019-08-08 |
Genre | : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES |
ISBN | : 1474473318 |
Historical and comparative linguistics has been a major scholarly discipline for 200 years, and yet this is the first dictionary ever devoted to it. With nearly 2400 entries, this dictionary covers every aspect of the subject, from the most venerable work to the exciting advances of the last few years, many of which have not even made it into textbooks yet.All of the traditional terms are here, but so are the terms only introduced recently, in connection with such varied subjects as pidgin and creole languages, the sociolinguistic study of language change, mathematical and computational methods, the novel approaches to linguistic geography, the controversial proposals of new and vast language families, and the attempts at relating the results of the historical linguists to those of the archaeologists, the anthropologists and the geneticists.More than just a dictionary, this book provides genuine linguistic examples of most of the terms entered, detailed explanations of fundamental concepts, critical assessment of controversial ideas, cross-references to related terms, and an abundance of references to the original literature.Features:*The first dictionary in the field.*Comprehensive coverage.*Clearly written and accurate entries.*Covers traditional and contemporary terminology.*Provides linguistic examples of terms defined.*Supplies numerous cross-references to related terms.*Includes hundreds of references to the original literature.
Author | : Hans Henrich Hock |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 736 |
Release | : 2020-01-20 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110871971 |
Historical linguistic theory and practice contains a great number of different 'layers' which have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a permanency of their own. These range from neogrammarian conceptualizations of sound change and analogy to present-day ideas on rule change and language mixture. To get a full grasp of the principles of historical linguistics it is therefore necessary to understand the nature and justifications (or shortcomings) of each of these 'layers', not just to look for a single 'overarching' theory. The major purpose of the book is to provide in up-to-date form such an understanding of the principles of historical linguistics and the related fields of comparative linguistics and linguistic reconstruction. In addition, the book provides a very broad exemplification of the principles of historical linguistics.
Author | : Antoine Meillet |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Comparative linguistics |
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Author | : Robert J. Jeffers |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 1982-09-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0262600110 |
Intended for use in advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses, this text presents a wide survey of methodological procedures and theoretical positions.
Author | : Brian Joseph |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 916 |
Release | : 2003-02-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0631195718 |
The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics most directly concerned with language change as well as past language states. Contains an extensive introduction that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context within linguistics and the historical sciences in general Covers the methodology of historical linguistics and presents sophisticated overviews of the principles governing phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic change Includes contributions from the leading specialists in the field
Author | : Mark Durie |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1996-05-16 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0195066073 |
Historical reconstruction of languages relies on the comparative method, which itself depends on the notion of the regularity of change. The regularity of sound change is the famous Neogrammarian Hypothesis: "sound change takes place according to laws that admit no exception." The comparative method, however, is not restricted to the consideration of sound change, and neither is the assumption of regularity. Syntactic, morphological, and semantic change are all amenable in varying degrees, to comparative reconstruction, and each type of change is constrained in ways that enable the researcher to distinguish between regular and more irregular changes.This volume draws together studies by scholars engaged in historical reconstruction, all focussing on the subject of regularity and irregularity in the comparative method. A wide range of languages are represented, including Chinese, Germanic, and Austronesian.
Author | : Paola Crisma |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2009-03-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0199560544 |
This text of new work by leading international scholars considers developments in the study of historical linguistics and grammatical theory. It then tests their value and applicability by examining diachronic transmission of syntax at different times and in a wide range of languages