The Handbook of Historical Linguistics

Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

by Brian D. Joseph (Editor), Richard Janda (Editor)

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.

Genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction

904 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 2003

About the author

Dr. Joseph is a Professor of Linguistics at The Ohio State University. His main areas of interest include historical linguistics, Greek linguistics, Balkan linguistics, and morphological theory. His secondary areas of interest include language and ethnicity, Sanskrit linguistics, and Indo-European linguistics in general.