The Linguistic Cycle: Economy and Renewal in Historical Linguistics

This book is the first to provide a systematic overview of linguistic cycles, with practical research guidance and pedagogical resources for students and researchers in historical linguistics and linguistic typology. It presents material on macro cycles, periods, and ties them to broader issues and phenomena in linguistic cycle research, engaging with various theoretical perspectives and examples from typological language families. The book is designed for courses on historical linguistics and higher-level courses, offering a comprehensive and accessible resource that will drive further research in the field. It fills a gap in existing books, providing a detailed introduction to linguistic cycles by the world's expert on the subject.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 31 July 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Features & Benefits

• The first book to provide a systematic overview and introduction to the subject of linguistic cycles, offering practical research guidance and other pedagogical resources for students and researchers in historical linguistics and linguistic typology.

• The first book to present material on macro cycles, periods, and to tie them to the broader issues and phenomena in linguistic cycle research.

• The author engages with a variety of theoretical perspectives, rather than narrowly focusing on one approach (e.g., functional-cognitive, formal-generative, or usage-oriented perspectives), and brings examples from a variety of typological language families (rather than, as many books do, focusing on Indo-European languages), which will appeal to instructors and researchers from different research traditions.

Demand & Audience

• Courses on historical linguistics usually cover this topic over a week of the term, and higher-level courses would benefit from the book for more significant use.

• This book will provide an important, comprehensive, accessible resource for students and researchers that will drive further research in the field, carefully connecting this material back to the broader disciplines of historical linguistics, linguistic typology, and theoretical linguistics.

Competition

• Existing books on this subject are inaccessible to more junior readers due to their format and narrowness (students and researchers not already expert in this subject), outdated, or focused on a related subject without coverage of this subject.

• This book steps into the gap and offers a detailed introduction to linguistic cycles by the absolute world expert on the subject.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032224336