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historical linguistics

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historical linguistics
The scientific study of language change.

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  • Historical linguistics — Linguistics …   Wikipedia

  • historical linguistics — the study of changes in a language or group of languages over a period of time. Also called diachronic linguistics. [1920 25] * * * also called  Diachronic Linguistics,         the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological,… …   Universalium

  • historical linguistics — Лингвистика: историческая лингвистика, сравнительно историческое языкознание …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

  • historical linguistics — историческое языкознание …   Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь

  • Socio-historical linguistics — is a relatively new field of linguistic research which represents a merger of two distinct sub disciplines of linguistics; sociolinguistics and historical (or diachronic) linguistics. Researchers in this field use sociolinguistic methods to… …   Wikipedia

  • Linguistics — is the scientific study of language, encompassing a number of sub fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure (grammar) and the study of meaning (semantics). Grammar encompasses morphology (the formation and… …   Wikipedia

  • Historical pragmatics — is the study of language use (especially in spoken language) in its historical dimension. State of the Art Since the late 1970 s, historical linguists have discovered their growing interest in pragmatic questions first in German, then in Romance… …   Wikipedia

  • LINGUISTICS —    Linguistics is the study of language, how languages work, what their function is, how they are constructed and whence they are derived. As a discipline it has leapt to academic prominence since the 1960s. Languages play a surprisingly… …   Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia

  • Historical Criticism — • The art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of the past Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Historical Criticism     Historical Criticism …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Historical powers — include great powers, nations, or empires in history. The term Great power represent the most important world powers. In a modern context, recognised great powers came about first in Europe during the post Napoleonic era.[1] The formalization of… …   Wikipedia