LEADER 03780nam 22006612 450 001 9910454704803321 005 20151005020620.0 010 $a1-107-18412-6 010 $a1-281-75117-0 010 $a9786611751173 010 $a0-511-41450-1 010 $a0-511-48690-1 010 $a0-511-41518-4 010 $a0-511-41289-4 010 $a0-511-41196-0 010 $a0-511-41381-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000536859 035 $a(EBL)352993 035 $a(OCoLC)476173735 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000188930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173443 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10153774 035 $a(PQKB)11272561 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511486906 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC352993 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL352993 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10240323 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL175117 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000536859 100 $a20090226d2008|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLanguage classification $ehistory and method /$fLyle Campbell and William J. Poser$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 536 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-88005-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 416-507) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: how are languages shown to be related to one another? -- The beginning of comparative linguistics -- "Asiatic Jones, oriental Jones": Sir William Jones' role in the raise of comparative linguistics -- Consolidation of comparative linguistics -- How some languages were shown to belong to indo-European -- Comparative linguistics of other language families and regions -- How to show languages are related: the methods -- The philosophical-psychological-typological-evolutionary approach to language relationships -- Assessment of proposed distant generic relationships -- Beyond the comparative method? -- Why and how do languages diversify and spread? -- What can we learn about the earliest human language by comparing languages known today? -- Conclusions: Anticipating the future -- Appendix: Hypothesized distant genetic relationships. 330 $aHow are relationships established between the world's languages? This is one of the most topical and most controversial questions in contemporary linguistics. The central aims of this book are to answer this question, to cut through the controversies, and to contribute to research in distant genetic relationships. In doing this the authors aim to: (1) show how the methods have been employed; (2) reveal which methods, techniques, and strategies have proven successful and which ones have proven ineffective; (3) determine how particular language families were established; (4) evaluate several of the most prominent and more controversial proposals of distant genetic relationship (such as Amerind, Nostratic, Eurasiatic, Proto-World, and others); and (5) make recommendations for practice in future research. This book will contribute significantly to understanding language classification in general. 606 $aComparative linguistics 606 $aLanguage and languages$vClassification 615 0$aComparative linguistics. 615 0$aLanguage and languages 676 $a401/.2 686 $a17.14$2bcl 700 $aCampbell$b Lyle$0165426 702 $aPoser$b William John 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454704803321 996 $aLanguage classification$92465886 997 $aUNINA