A Reader in Historical and Comparative Linguistics

Genetic Relationship Among Languages, By H. A. Gleason, Jr.--the Development Of The Indo-european Labiovelars With Special Reference To The Dialects Of Ancient Italy, By J. Whatmough.--the Reconstruction Of Proto-romance, By R. A. Hall, Jr.--comparative Method, By H. M. Hoenigswald.--internal Reconstruction Of Phonemic Split, By J. W. Marchand.--internal Reconstruction In Seneca, By W. L. Chafe.--some Thoughts On Sound Laws, By J. Vendryès.--principles Of Historical Phonology, By R. Jakobson.--function, Structure, And Sound Change, By A. Martinet.--an Issue In The Theory Of Sound Change: The Neogrammarian Position And Its Disconfirmation, By P. M. Postal.--diachronic Syntax And Generative Grammar, By E. C. Traugott.--diachronic Change In The Complement System, By R. Lakoff.--family Tree, Wave Theory, And Dialectology, By E. Pulgram.--on The Theory Of Phonological Associations Among Languages, By R. Jakobson.--is A Structural Dialectology Possible? By U. Weinreich.--on The Mechanism Of Linguistic Change, By W. Labov.--ordered Rules, Dialect Differences, And Historical Processes, By S. Saporta.--typological Studies And Their Contribution To Historical Comparative Linguistics, By R. Jakobson.--some Universals Of Grammar With Particular Reference To The Order Of Meaningful Elements, By J. H. Greenberg.--linguistic Universals And Linguistic Change, By P. Kiparsky. [by] Allan R. Keiler. Includes Bibliographical References.