000			01599 a2200205 4500
020			_a9781118798027
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a306.4409 _bH191
245			_aThe handbook of historical sociolinguistics _cedited by Juan Manuel Hernandez-Campoy and Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre
260			_bWiley Blackwell _c2014 _aChichester
300			_axxx, 674p
440			_aBlackwell handbooks in linguistics
520			_aWritten by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion, and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. Features 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguistics Examines how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be used to reconstruct a language's past in order to explain linguistic changes and developments Bridges the gap between the past and the present in linguistic studies Structured thematically into sections exploring: origins and theoretical assumptions; methods for the sociolinguistic study of the history of languages; linguistic and extra-linguistic variables; historical dialectology, language contact and diffusion; and attitudes to language
650			_aSociolinguistics -- History
650			_aSociolinguistics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
700			_aHernandez-Campoy, Juan Manuel [ed.]
700			_aConde-Silvestre, Juan Camilo [ed.]
942			_cBK
999			_c559441 _d559441