historical linguistics in English
There had been isolated sprouts of good ideas but scientific historical linguistics had yet to develop.
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1. The first results point the way toward a rigorous, quantitative, historical linguistics.
2. The Palatalization and Assibilation of Obstruents Daniel Recasens Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics
3. 23 In the determination of the central meaning of a polysemous word the lexicographer is helped by historical linguistics.
4. He has published extensively on historical linguistics and Altaic languages, including The Altaic Problem and the Origin of Japanese (Moscow, 1991).Anna Dybo, Ph.D
5. Comparative method is the one that studies the difference between dialects and cognate language in order to find their developing law. Historical linguistics takes it as the base.
6. The Comparative method in historical linguistics is concerned with the reconstruction of an earlier language or earlier state of a language on the basis of a comparison of related words and expressions in different languages or dialects derived from it
7. An Americanism is a word or phrase (or, less commonly, a feature of grammar, spelling, or pronunciation) that (supposedly) originated in the United States or is used primarily by Americans. Americanism is often used as a term of disapproval, especially by non-American language mavens with little knowledge of historical linguistics.
8. It is not uncommon for Acronyms to be cited in a kind of false etymology, called a folk etymology, for a word.Such etymologies persist in popular culture but have no factual basis in historical linguistics, and are examples of language-related urban legends.For example, "cop" is commonly cited as being derived, it is presumed, from "constable on patrol", and "posh" from "port outward