{"product_id":"9781118732212","title":"The Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBlackwell Handbooks in Linguistics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRichard D. Janda | Brian D. Joseph | Barbara S. Vance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Linguistics \/ Historical \u0026amp; Comparative\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The first volume of \u003ci\u003ethe Handbook of Historical Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e is the best-worn handbook among many in my office and even though it’s almost 20 years old, I still consult it often. Still, historical linguistics is a very different field today than it was in 2003 and this new volume fully reflects and engages with the state of the art. It’s a completely new book, a worthy successor, and I look forward to wearing out this second volume.”\u003cbr\u003e Joseph Salmons, University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is an important resource for right now and far into the future. In its breadth and depth it has everything we could ask for and more, a comprehensive survey in 24 chapters written by the world’s foremost scholars. It unites time-honored fundamentals of historical linguistics and progressive lines of ongoing research.”\u003cbr\u003e Lyle Campbell, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brand-new, second volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics \u003c\/i\u003eis a complement to the well-established first volume, initially published in 2003. It includes extended content allowing uniquely comprehensive coverage of the study of language(s) over time. Though it adds fresh perspectives on several topics previously treated in the first volume, this \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003efocuses on extensions of diachronic linguistics beyond those key issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003eprovides readers with studies of language change whose perspectives range from comparisons of large open vs. small closed corpora, via creolistics and linguistic contact in general, to obsolescence and endangerment of languages. Written by leading scholars in their respective fields, the chapters of this \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e cover new topics such as the origin of language, the evidence from language for reconstructing human prehistory, the relevance of the study of present-day language for studying language in the past, and the benefits of linguistic fieldwork for historical investigation. Unique to this volume is a chapter that discusses in detail a large number of highly specific predictions as to the future of a widely spoken language-variety, thereby focusing long-term attention on thirty changes in the lexicon, phonology, morphology, and morphosyntax of North American English. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics, Volume II, \u003c\/i\u003eis an ideal book for undergraduate and graduate students in linguistics, researchers, and professional linguists, as well as all those interested in the history of particular languages and the history of language more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard D. Janda\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Visiting Scholar in French and Italian at Indiana University Bloomington, USA, but his teaching spans eleven universities in nine US states. He is author or editor of over 75 publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2003). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian D. Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics and The Kenneth E. Naylor Professor of South Slavic Linguistics at The Ohio State University, USA. He has written and edited numerous books and published some 300 articles. He served as editor of the journal \u003ci\u003eLanguage\u003c\/i\u003e from 2002???–???2009, and is currently co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Greek Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara S. Vance\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Associate Professor of French Linguistics at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSyntactic Change in Medieval French\u003c\/i\u003e (1997) and is a specialist in the historical syntax of French and Occitan. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 October 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118732212\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e704\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378629406860,"sku":"9781118732212","price":189.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118732212.jpg?v=1780280031","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118732212","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}