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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS: AN INTRODUCTION.LyleCampbell. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1998. Pp. xx + 396. $30.00 paper.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 June 2000
Abstract
In his introduction, Campbell makes a case for the broader relevance of historical linguistics by noting that observing what does and does not change in language contributes to “the understanding of universal grammar, language typology, and human cognition in general” (p. 2). The generativist perspective that phonological and syntactic changes are linked to language acquisition, cited on page 236, illustrates one interface between historical linguistics and general linguistic theory.
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