Preface by Halliday 王宗炎序
      Preface by Chomsky 沈家(火宣 xuan)序 導讀
      Preface
      Transcription and phonological symbols
      List of abbreviations
      1 Introduction
      2 The background of historical linguistic study
      3 The use of written records
      4 Genealogical classification
      5 Typological classification
      6 Linguistic communities
      7 The comparative method
      8 The method of internal reconstruction
      9 Glottochronology
      10 Sound change-change in phonological systems
      11 Morphological change
      12 Syntactic change
      13 Semantic change and changes in the lexicon
      14 Interrelationships among changes
      15 Linguistic and cultural change
      16 Conclusion
      References
      Index
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