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 Illustrations \ List of Contributors \ Editor's Introduction \ 1. Historical linguistics: history, sources and resources Silvia Luraghi and Vit Bubenik \ Part I: Methodology \ 2. Sound change and the comparative method: the science of historical reconstruction John Hewson \ 3. Internal reconstruction Brian D. Joseph \ 4. Typology and universals Hans H. Hock\ 5. Internal language classification Søren Wichmann \ Part II: Phonological change \ 6. Segmental phonological change Joseph Salmons \ 7. Suprasegmental and prosodic historical phonology Hans Henrich Hock \ Part III: Morphological and Grammatical change \ 8. From morphologization to demorphologization Henning Andersen \ 9. Analogical change Livio Gaeta\ 10. Change in grammatical categories Vit Bubenik \ Part IV: Syntactic change \ 11. Word order Jan Terje Faarlund \ 12. The rise (and possible downfall) of configurationality Silvia Luraghi \ 13. Subordination Dorothy Disterheft and Carlotta Viti \ 14. Alignment Geoffrey Haig \ Part V: Semantico-Pragmatic Change \ 15. Grammaticalization Elizabeth Closs Traugott \ 16. Semantic change Eugenio R. Luján\ 17. Etymology Thomas Krisch \ Part VI: Explanation of Language Change \ 18. Language contact Bridget Drinka \ 19. Regional and social dialectology J. K. Chambers \ 20. Causes of language change Silvia Luraghi \ A-Z Historical Linguistics \ References \ Index of Subjects \ Index of Authors \ Index 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 Illustrations \ List of Contributors \ Editor's Introduction \ 1. Historical linguistics: history, sources and resources Silvia Luraghi and Vit Bubenik \ Part I: Methodology \ 2. Sound change and the comparative method: the science of historical reconstruction John Hewson \ 3. Internal reconstruction Brian D. Joseph \ 4. Typology and universals Hans H. Hock\ 5. Internal language classification Søren Wichmann \ Part II: Phonological change \ 6. Segmental phonological change Joseph Salmons \ 7. Suprasegmental and prosodic historical phonology Hans Henrich Hock \ Part III: Morphological and Grammatical change \ 8. From morphologization to demorphologization Henning Andersen \ 9. Analogical change Livio Gaeta\ 10. Change in grammatical categories Vit Bubenik \ Part IV: Syntactic change \ 11. Word order Jan Terje Faarlund \ 12. The rise (and possible downfall) of configurationality Silvia Luraghi \ 13. Subordination Dorothy Disterheft and Carlotta Viti \ 14. Alignment Geoffrey Haig \ Part V: Semantico-Pragmatic Change \ 15. Grammaticalization Elizabeth Closs Traugott \ 16. Semantic change Eugenio R. Luján\ 17. Etymology Thomas Krisch \ Part VI: Explanation of Language Change \ 18. Language contact Bridget Drinka \ 19. Regional and social dialectology J. K. Chambers \ 20. Causes of language change Silvia Luraghi \ A-Z Historical Linguistics \ References \ Index of Subjects \ Index of Authors \ Index 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 Illustrations \ List of Contributors \ Editor's Introduction \ 1. Historical linguistics: history, sources and resources Silvia Luraghi and Vit Bubenik \ Part I: Methodology \ 2. Sound change and the comparative method: the science of historical reconstruction John Hewson \ 3. Internal reconstruction Brian D. Joseph \ 4. Typology and universals Hans H. Hock\ 5. Internal language classification Søren Wichmann \ Part II: Phonological change \ 6. Segmental phonological change Joseph Salmons \ 7. Suprasegmental and prosodic historical phonology Hans Henrich Hock \ Part III: Morphological and Grammatical change \ 8. From morphologization to demorphologization Henning Andersen \ 9. Analogical change Livio Gaeta\ 10. Change in grammatical categories Vit Bubenik \ Part IV: Syntactic change \ 11. Word order Jan Terje Faarlund \ 12. The rise (and possible downfall) of configurationality Silvia Luraghi \ 13. Subordination Dorothy Disterheft and Carlotta Viti \ 14. Alignment Geoffrey Haig \ Part V: Semantico-Pragmatic Change \ 15. Grammaticalization Elizabeth Closs Traugott \ 16. Semantic change Eugenio R. Luján\ 17. Etymology Thomas Krisch \ Part VI: Explanation of Language Change \ 18. Language contact Bridget Drinka \ 19. Regional and social dialectology J. K. Chambers \ 20. Causes of language change Silvia Luraghi \ A-Z Historical Linguistics \ References \ Index of Subjects \ Index of Authors \ Index of Languages