Language Change and Linguistic Diversity - Studies in Honour of Lyle Campbell (Hardcover)

Professor Lyle Campbell has had a long and distinguished career and his extensive work on the languages of Mesoamerica have inspired research and researchers. In this volume, contributors come together to present new data, analyses and theoretical perspectives on how understanding language change raises questions for language documentation, description and even revitalization. Coverage ranges from the linguistic isolates Basque and Mapundungun to large families such as Tupian and Austronesian and spans a range of theoretical issues including ongoing language change, etymological opacity, word order, alignment systems and grammatical relations, language contact, onomastics and the study of pre-history. The book shows that linguistic fieldwork, when carried out and used appropriately, allows for a more consistent understanding of language change, and for a better understanding of the ethnographic record. It also explores the junctures between language change, linguistic diversity and other related fields that draw on primary linguistic fieldwork.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2022
Editors:	Thiago Costa Chacon • Nala H. Lee • W D L Silva
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	356
ISBN-13:	978-1-4744-8812-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General
LSN:	1-4744-8812-9
Barcode:	9781474488129

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