The handbook of language and gender

Description

"The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics most directly concerned with language change as well as past language states.". "The book begins with a comprehensive introduction by the editors that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context both within the field of linguistics itself and within the historical sciences more generally. The articles in this volume, supplemented with an extensive bibliography and detailed indexes, make The Handbook of Historical Linguistics an indispensable resource for anyone with an interest in history and/or language."--BOOK JACKET.

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Series Statement

• Blackwell handbooks in linguistics -- 13

Other Editions

• The handbook of language and genderBlackwell Pub.2003-01-01
• Handbook of Language and GenderWiley & Sons, Limited, John2007-01-01
• Handbook of Language and GenderWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2008-01-01
• Handbook of Language and GenderWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2008-01-01
• Handbook of Language and GenderWiley & Sons, Limited, John2008-01-01