This collection showcases the contributions of the study of
endangered and understudied languages to historical linguistic
analysis, and the broader relevance of diachronic approaches toward
developing better informed approaches to language documentation and
description. The volume brings together perspectives from both
established and up-and-coming scholars and represents a globally
and linguistically diverse range of languages.The collected papers
demonstrate the ways in which endangered languages can challenge
existing models of language change based on more commonly studied
languages, and can generate innovative insights into linguistic
phenomena such as pathways of grammaticalization, forms and
dynamics of contact-driven change, and the diachronic relationship
between lexical and grammatical categories. In so doing, the book
highlights the idea that processes and outcomes of language change
long held to be universally relevant may be more sensitive to
cultural and typological variability than previously assumed. Taken
as a whole, this collection brings together perspectives from
language documentation and historical linguistics to point the way
forward for richer understandings of both language change and
documentary-descriptive approaches, making this key reading for
scholars in these fields.
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