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Historical Linguistics Methodology
Academic papers available in Postscript, PDF, and Word97 formats.
www-cmll.concordia.ca
What Has a Hippo in Common With a Feather?
Historical linguistics and etymology.
www.facstaff.bucknell.edu
Corpora and Historical Linguistics
"Historical linguistics can be seen as a species of corpus linguistics, since the texts of a historical period or a "dead" language form a closed corpus of data which can only be extended by the (re-)discovery of previously unknown manuscripts or books."
www.ling.lancs.ac.uk
Genetic Distance and Language Affinities
Between Autochthonous Human Populations.
www.friesian.com
Kjell Gustafson's homepage - Historical Linguistics
An overview of the field of historical linguistics and its sub-disciplines.
www.speech.kth.se
A demonstration of the law.
www-personal.umich.edu
The Great Vowel Shift Web Site
An interactive introduction to the Great Vowel Shift, a major sound change in the English language. Includes sound and animation.
www.furman.edu
Weekly etymology magazine.
www.takeourword.com
Wilton's Word & Phrase Origins
Etymological site offers a brief history of the English language, discussion boards and a search feature.
www.wordorigins.org
The Indo-European Language Family
Extensive collection of resources in historical Indo-European linguistics.
www.utexas.edu
Schousboe: Teaching Historical Linguistics
For educators- a course curriculum designed for a one-semester course.
www.univie.ac.at
Ancient Scripts - Historical Linguistics
Introduction to historical linguistics with language family charts and extensive links list.
www.ancientscripts.com
Relations between Indoeuropean and Afroasiatic Languages
Traces of possible relations between Indoeuropean and Afroasiatic languages.
www.dabis.at
Indo-European and the Comparative Method
Everything you ever wanted to know about Proto-Indo-European (and the comparative method), but were afraid to ask.
www.utexas.edu
Tracking Linguistic Drift: The Comparative Method
Lecture notes.
www.departments.bucknell.edu