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Principles of Historical Linguistics, Hardcover by Hock, Hans Henrich, Like N.... In order to explain in full the principles of historical linguistics, Hock examines the nature of the large number of chronological "layers" in the discipline. This is a major revision and reorganization of his earlier editions, and includes new chapters on morphological change and lexical change as well as a detailed discussion of linguistic palaeontology and ideological responses to the findings of historical linguistics. Principles of Historical Linguistics, Hardcover by Hock, Hans Henrich, ISBN 3110746328, ISBN-13 9783110746327, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In order to explain in full the principles of historical linguistics, Hock examines the nature of the large number of chronological "layers" in the discipline. This is a major revision and reorganization of his earlier editions, and includes new chapters on morphological change and lexical change as well as a detailed discussion of linguistic palaeontology and ideological responses to the findings of historical linguistics. Among his topics are sound change: the regularity hypothesis, analogical and phonological change, semantic change, dialect interactions and dialectology, and linguistic changes: its nature and causes. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()