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English philology. --- Linguistic change. --- Multilingualism. --- Philologie anglaise --- Changement linguistique --- Multilinguisme --- English philology --- Linguistic change --- Multilingualism --- Plurilingualism --- Polyglottism --- Language and languages --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Historical linguistics --- Germanic philology

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Explanations for sound change have traditionally focused on identifying the inception of change, that is, the identification of perturbations of the speech signal, conditioned by physiological constraints on articulatory and/or auditory mechanisms, which affect the way speech sounds are analyzed by the listener. While this emphasis on identifying the nature of intrinsic variation in speech has provided important insights into the origins of widely attested cross-linguistic sound changes, the nature of phonologization - the transition from intrinsic phonetic variation to extrinsic phonological encoding - remains largely unexplored. This volume showcases the current state of the art in phonologization research, bringing together work by leading scholars in sound change research from different disciplinary and scholarly traditions. The authors investigate the progression of sound change from the perspectives of speech perception, speech production, phonology, sociolinguistics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, computer science, statistics, and social and cognitive psychology. The book highlights the fruitfulness of collaborative efforts among phonologists and specialists from neighbouring disciplines in seeking unified theoretical explanations for the origins of sound patterns in language, as well as improved syntheses of synchronic and diachronic phonology.

Phonetics --- Phonologie --- Changement linguistique --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Linguistic change. --- Phonology. --- Klankverschuiving. --- Phonologie. --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Historical linguistics --- Language and languages --- Phonology --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Phonology

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The Continuum Companion to Historical Linguistics brings together a number of leading scholars who provide a combination of different approaches to current and new issues in historical linguistics, while supplying an exhaustive and up-to-date coverage of sub-fields traditionally regarded as central to historical linguistics research. The editors aim to build a solid background for further discussion and to indicate directions for new research on relevant open questions.

Historical linguistics --- Linguistic change --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Language and languages --- Diachronic linguistics --- Dynamic linguistics --- Evolutionary linguistics --- Language and history --- Linguistics --- History --- Historical linguistics. --- Linguistic change. --- Changement linguistique --- Linguistique historique

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Bringing the advances of theoretical linguistics to the study of language change in a systematic way, this innovative textbook demonstrates the mutual relevance of historical linguistics and contemporary linguistics. Numerous case studies throughout the book show both that theoretical linguistics can be used to solve problems where traditional approaches to historical linguistics have failed to produce satisfying results, and that the results of historical research can have an impact on theory. The book first explains the nature of human language and the sources of language change in broad terms. It then focuses on different types of language change from contemporary viewpoints, before exploring comparative reconstruction - the most spectacular success of traditional historical linguistics - and the problems inherent in trying to devise new methods for linguistic comparison. Positioned at the cutting edge of the field, the book argues that this approach can and should lead to the re-integration of historical linguistics as one of the core areas in the study of language.

Historical linguistics --- Linguistic change --- Language and languages --- Variation --- Historical linguistics. --- Linguistic change. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- Variation. --- Linguistics --- General. --- Linguistique historique --- Changement linguistique --- Variation (Linguistique) --- Language arts & disciplines --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Diachronic linguistics --- Dynamic linguistics --- Evolutionary linguistics --- Language and history --- History --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Language and languages - Variation

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This paper considers reported speech of slaves in court records from the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. It constitutes some of the earliest evidence of slaves' language anywhere, and shows that the early slave community on the island of St Helena spoke a creoloid, as well as non-standard Southern English. Nothing is known about the personal history of the slaves apart from some of their names. These names are analysed, and by comparison with name-usage in eighteenth-century London, it is concluded that they betray contemporary British attitudes to slavery. Thus, data is presented on the early linguistic situation of St Helena, showing that creoloidisation happened early on as a result of slavery, and conclusions about master-slave relationships during the period are drawn on the basis of the analysis of names.

Sociolinguistics --- Linguistic change --- Autobiography in literature. --- Historical linguistics. --- Sociolinguistique --- Changement linguistique --- Autobiographie dans la littérature --- Linguistique historique --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- History. --- Autobiography in literature --- Historical linguistics --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- History --- Autobiographie dans la littérature --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Diachronic linguistics --- Dynamic linguistics --- Evolutionary linguistics --- Language and history --- Sociological aspects