| Websites in Historical Linguistics |
- A History of English
A set of slides on the history of English (in 5 chapters). Author: G. Lampert. Contains both linguistic and extralinguistic history. Also available in PPT (PowerPoint) format at http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Philologie-II/fb1414/lampert/language_history/folien/
 http://www.uni-mainz.de/FB/Philologie-II/fb1414/lampert/language_history/
- A possible homeland of the Indo-European languages
Since most scholars assume an Indo-European homeland in the steppes north of the Black Sea, a full video study of this option is presented, based on the splits suggested by the Separation Base Method
http://www.hjholm.de
- Ancient Scripts - Historical Linguistics
Introduction to historical linguistics with language family charts and extensive links list.
http://www.ancientscripts.com/hl.html
- Cameron Laird's Personal Index to Anthropologic Resources on the Net
Two software applications to aid glottochronological & lexostatistical analysis.
http://phaseit.net/claird/sci.anthropology/index.html
- Chronology: History of English
"Chronology of Events in the History of English" summarizing the emergence and evolution of the language spanning 5 millenia.
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/chron.html
- 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."
http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/monkey/ihe/linguistics/corpus4/4hist.htm
- Encyclopedia.com - Grimm's law
The principle of relationships in Indo-European languages, first formulated by Jakob Grimm in 1822.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/g/grimmsla.asp
- English from the 7th to the 18th c.
An attempt at a very brief outline of the history of English by Tuba Ince.
http://www.ingilish.com/orofeng.htm
- Genetic Distance and Language Affinities
Between Autochthonous Human Populations.
http://www.friesian.com/trees.htm
- Grimm's Law
A demonstration of the law.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~clunis/wow/grimm/
- Historical Linguistics
HyperCard stacks (for Macintosh) on historical linguistics, Indo-European roots, comparative reconstruction, and Grimm's law.
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~barlow/histnotes.html
- Historical Linguistics Methodology
Academic papers available in Postscript, PDF, and Word97 formats.
http://www-cmll.concordia.ca/linguistics/hale/mypapers.html
- History of the English Language
A considerable collection of online materials related to the history of English: texts, publications, fonts and course syllabuses. Includes Pre-History, Old English, Middle English, early Modern English and the spread of English beyond the British Isles.
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html
- Indin
Independent investigations into the history of the Indo-European languages and peoples (by Valentyn Stetsyuk). Includes Turkic and Finno-Ugric material.
http://www.geocities.com/valentyn_ua/
- 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.
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/PIE.html
- Introduction to Historical Linguistics
A brief summary of the subject of comparative linguistics.
http://www.mit.edu/~ejhanna/language/histlang.html
- Kjell Gustafson's homepage - Historical Linguistics
An overview of the field of historical linguistics and its sub-disciplines.
http://www.speech.kth.se/~kjellg/kg_historical_linguistics.htm
- Lehmann's Reader: A Reader in Nineteenth Century Historical Indo-European Linguistics
Anthology of important works of nineteenth-century historical Indo-European linguistics, edited and translated by W. P. Lehmann, 1967.
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/iedocctr/ie-docs/lehmann/reader/reader.html
- Linguae Thraco-Daco-Moesianae
Philological Thracology. A Traco-Dacian Thesaurus, a few articles and links.
http://soltdm.tripod.com/home.htm
- Place Names and Intersocietal Interaction
The relation of place names to inter-tribal relations.
http://www.etext.org/Politics/World.Systems/papers/working_papers:johns_hopkins_pcid/chase-dunn_hokan
- Relations between Indoeuropean and Afroasiatic Languages
Traces of possible relations between Indoeuropean and Afroasiatic languages.
http://www.dabis.at/Anwender.htm/Alscher/afroasia.htm
- Schousboe: Teaching Historical Linguistics
For educators- a course curriculum designed for a one-semester course.
http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/hoe/pschousboe.htm
- Sergei Starostin's Etymological Databases
Currently comprise North Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan, Yenisseian, Altaic, Chukchee-Kamchatkan, Dravidian, and (partly) Semitic (proto-) languages. With reconstructed protoforms (including intermediary) and the attested forms in daughter tongues for each etymon. Downloadable, searchable. Need special fonts, also available onsite.
http://starling.rinet.ru/Intrab.htm
- Take Our Word for It
Weekly etymology magazine.
http://www.takeourword.com/
- The Computational Historical Linguistics Project
A joint research project of the Computer and Information Science Department and the Linguistics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~histling/
- The Controversy over the Word 'Squaw'
The definition of the word 'squaw' and its corruption by the American Indian Movement.
http://www.tomjonas.com/squawpeak/squaw.htm
- 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.
http://www.furman.edu/~mmenzer/gvs/
- The Indo-European Language Family
Extensive collection of resources in historical Indo-European linguistics.
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/lrc/iedocctr/ie-lg/ie-lg.html
- The Power of Greek Words
The influence of Greek on other European languages.
http://www.addgr.com/art/grwords/power.htm
- The Proto-Sumerian Language Invention Process
Eleven-page paper describing how the early Sumerians invented their language, with a complete lexicon of the first words in their language.
http://www.sumerian.org/prot-sum.htm
- Tracking Linguistic Drift: The Comparative Method
Lecture notes.
http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/linguistics/lectures/05lect21.html
- What Has a Hippo in Common With a Feather?
Historical linguistics and etymology.
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/hippo.html
- Wilton's Word & Phrase Origins
Etymological site offers a brief history of the English language, discussion boards and a search feature.
http://www.wordorigins.org/
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