The integration of traditional and modern linguistics as well as diachrony and synchrony is the hallmark of an influential trend in contemporary research on language.
"e;Jakobson and Halle's initial statement of the principles of linguistic organization should be made available to all future generations of linguists.
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.
In recent years research on comparative typology has led to reveal regularities and to formulate new constraints upon variation for a broad range of phenomena.
"e;Greenberg's survey of the earlier history of typology is without rivals, a must read for every linguist who is curious about the intellectual roots of current typology.
