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Historical Linguistics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Historical linguistics, also called diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_linguistics
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What is Historical Linguistics? What are 'Indo-European' Languages?
What is Historical Linguistics? What are 'Indo-European' Languages? This essay defines the terms 'Historical Linguistics' and 'Indo-European Languages' with reference to 'The Third Anniversary Discourse, on the Hindus' by Sir William Jones (1786)
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/general/histling.html
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Historical Linguistics - About
The branch of linguistics concerned with the development of a language or of languages over time.
http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/historical_linguisticsterm.htm
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Historical Linguistics : Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches
The study of "Historical linguistics" is simply defined as "study of language change over a period of time." It is also called Diachronic linguistics.
https://languagedays.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/historical-linguistics-synchronic-and-diachronic-approaches/
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What is the Difference Between Diachronic and Synchronic Linguistics? - eNotes
Diachronic linguistics is the same thing as historical linguistics. Diachronic linguistics is the study of the changes in language over time. Synchronic linguistics is the study of the linguistic elements and usage of a language at a particular moment.
http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-difference-between-diachronic-synchronic-356615
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Computational Study of Diachronic Linguistics - Oxford Scholarship
This chapter introduces the basic framework for the computational study of diachronic phenomena in human languages and takes stock of the explosion of activity in computational models of language change and evolution.
http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199250691.001.0001/acprof-9780199250691-chapter-20
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The Proto-Sumerian Language Invention Process
Paper analyzing the Sumerian proto-language.
http://sumerian.org/prot-sum.htm
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Synchronic Linguistics - Linguistics - Britannica
The study of a language at a given point in time. The time studied may be either the present or a particular point in the past; synchronic analyses can also be made of dead languages
http://www.britannica.com/science/synchronic-linguistics
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WordOrigins - Etymology
Wordorigins.org is devoted to the origins of words and phrases, or as a linguist would put it, to etymology. Etymology is the study of word origins.
http://wordorigins.org
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Historical Linguistics - Britannica
Historical linguistics, also called Diachronic Linguistics, the branch of linguistics concerned with the study of phonological, grammatical, and semantic changes, the reconstruction of earlier stages of languages, and the discovery and application of the methods by which genetic relationships among languages can be demonstrated.
http://www.britannica.com/science/historical-linguistics
