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This volume provides an up-to-date account of the linguistic evolution of Latin, from its origins in the Proto-Indo-European ancestral language until the end of the second century CE. As the first English-language treatment of the history of Latin and its speakers in four decades, this study fills a critical need in classical and linguistic scholarship.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction: The comparative method / Baldi, Philip -- American Indian Languages -- Summary report: American Indian languages and principles of language change / Campbell, Lyle / Goddard, Ives -- The role of typology in American Indian historical linguistics / Mithun, Marianne -- Algonquian linguistic change and reconstruction / Goddard, Ives -- Mayan languages and linguistic change / Camp...

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various ma...

Intended for use in general courses on Indo-European languages and linguistics, this comprehensive assessment of Indo-European groups fills the long-standing need for synthesizing the vast amount of information available in specialized handbooks of the individual stocks.

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on la...