Silvia Luraghi is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pavia, Italy.Vit Bubenik is Professor of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

"Advanced students of linguistics and practising linguists can read this book for both profit and enjoyment. The editors have assembled an impressive list of leading experts in each subfield, each contributing a chapter: together it makes for an interesting and informative read."

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsEditor's Introduction1. Historical linguistics: history, sources and resources Silvia Luraghi and Vit Bubenik Part I: Methodology2. Sound change and the comparative method: the science of historical reconstruction John Hewson3. Internal reconstruction Brian D. Joseph4. Typology and universals Hans H. Hock5. Internal language classification Søren WichmannPart II: Phonological change6. Segmental phonological change Joseph Salmons7. Suprasegmental and prosodic historical phonology Hans Henrich HockPart III: Morphological and Grammatical change8. From morphologization to demorphologization Henning Andersen9. Analogical change Livio Gaeta\ 10. Change in grammatical categories Vit BubenikPart IV: Syntactic change11. Word order Jan Terje Faarlund12. The rise (and possible downfall) of configurationality Silvia Luraghi13. Subordination Dorothy Disterheft and Carlotta Viti14. Alignment Geoffrey HaigPart V: Semantico-Pragmatic Change15. Grammaticalization Elizabeth Closs Traugott16. Semantic change Eugenio R. Luján17. Etymology Thomas KrischPart VI: Explanation of Language Change18. Language contact Bridget Drinka19. Regional and social dialectology J. K. Chambers20. Causes of language change Silvia Luraghi A-Z Historical LinguisticsReferencesIndex of SubjectsIndex of AuthorsIndex of Languages

Silvia Luraghi is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pavia, Italy.Vit Bubenik is Professor of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

"Advanced students of linguistics and practising linguists can read this book for both profit and enjoyment. The editors have assembled an impressive list of leading experts in each subfield, each contributing a chapter: together it makes for an interesting and informative read."

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsEditor's Introduction1. Historical linguistics: history, sources and resources Silvia Luraghi and Vit Bubenik Part I: Methodology2. Sound change and the comparative method: the science of historical reconstruction John Hewson3. Internal reconstruction Brian D. Joseph4. Typology and universals Hans H. Hock5. Internal language classification Søren WichmannPart II: Phonological change6. Segmental phonological change Joseph Salmons7. Suprasegmental and prosodic historical phonology Hans Henrich HockPart III: Morphological and Grammatical change8. From morphologization to demorphologization Henning Andersen9. Analogical change Livio Gaeta\ 10. Change in grammatical categories Vit BubenikPart IV: Syntactic change11. Word order Jan Terje Faarlund12. The rise (and possible downfall) of configurationality Silvia Luraghi13. Subordination Dorothy Disterheft and Carlotta Viti14. Alignment Geoffrey HaigPart V: Semantico-Pragmatic Change15. Grammaticalization Elizabeth Closs Traugott16. Semantic change Eugenio R. Luján17. Etymology Thomas KrischPart VI: Explanation of Language Change18. Language contact Bridget Drinka19. Regional and social dialectology J. K. Chambers20. Causes of language change Silvia Luraghi A-Z Historical LinguisticsReferencesIndex of SubjectsIndex of AuthorsIndex of Languages

Silvia Luraghi is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pavia, Italy.Vit Bubenik is Professor of Linguistics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.

"Advanced students of linguistics and practising linguists can read this book for both profit and enjoyment. The editors have assembled an impressive list of leading experts in each subfield, each contributing a chapter: together it makes for an interesting and informative read."

• List of IllustrationsList of ContributorsEditor's Introduction1. Historical linguistics: history, sources and resources Silvia Luraghi and Vit Bubenik Part I: Methodology2. Sound change and the comparative method: the science of historical reconstruction John Hewson3. Internal reconstruction Brian D. Joseph4. Typology and universals Hans H. Hock5. Internal language classification Søren WichmannPart II: Phonological change6. Segmental phonological change Joseph Salmons7. Suprasegmental and prosodic historical phonology Hans Henrich HockPart III: Morphological and Grammatical change8. From morphologization to demorphologization Henning Andersen9. Analogical change Livio Gaeta\ 10. Change in grammatical categories Vit BubenikPart IV: Syntactic change11. Word order Jan Terje Faarlund12. The rise (and possible downfall) of configurationality Silvia Luraghi13. Subordination Dorothy Disterheft and Carlotta Viti14. Alignment Geoffrey HaigPart V: Semantico-Pragmatic Change15. Grammaticalization Elizabeth Closs Traugott16. Semantic change Eugenio R. Luján17. Etymology Thomas KrischPart VI: Explanation of Language Change18. Language contact Bridget Drinka19. Regional and social dialectology J. K. Chambers20. Causes of language change Silvia Luraghi A-Z Historical LinguisticsReferencesIndex of SubjectsIndex of AuthorsIndex of Languages