Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Tables ix
4. List of Figures and Maps xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Acknowledgements xvii
7. Phonetic Symbols and Conventions xix
8. Phonetic Symbols Chart xxi
9. 1 Introduction 1
10. 2 Sound Change 15
11. 3 Loanwords (Borrowing) 61
12. 4 Analogical Change 87
13. 5 Lexical Change 102
14. 6 Semantic Change 118
15. 7 The Comparative Method and Linguistic Reconstruction 140
16. 8 Internal Reconstruction 194
17. 9 Language Classification and Models of Linguistic Change 219
18. 10 Language Contact 256
19. 11 Change in Syntax and Morphology 278
20. 12 Explanation of Language Change 311
21. 13 Distant Genetic Relationship 326
22. 14 Writing and Philology: The Role of Written Records 352
23. 15 Linguistic Prehistory 380
24. 16 Quantitative Approaches to Historical Linguistics and Technical Tools 422
25. Bibliography 461
26. Index 480