Baldi Philip (ed.) Patterns of Change - Change of Patterns. Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology

Berlin · New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1991. — 343 p.Introduction: The comparative method
Baldi, PhilipAmerican Indian Languages
Summary report: American Indian languages and principles of language change
Campbell, Lyle / Goddard, IvesThe role of typology in American Indian historical linguistics
Mithun, MarianneAlgonquian linguistic change and reconstruction
Goddard, IvesMayan languages and linguistic change
Campbell, LyleAustronesian languages
Summary report: Linguistic change and reconstruction methodology in the Austronesian language family
Blust, RobertThe “aberrant” (vs. “exemplary”) Melanesian languages
Grace, George W.Patterns of sound change in the Austronesian languages
Blust, RobertIndo-European languages
Etymologies, equations, and comparanda: Types and values, and criteria for judgment
Watkins, CalvertIs the “comparative” method general or family-specific?
Hoenigswald, Henry M.Australian Languages
Summary report: Linguistic change and reconstruction in the Australian language family
Dixon, R. M. W.Social parameters of linguistic change in an unstratified Aboriginal society
Johnson, SteveThe significance of pronouns in the history of Australian languages
Blake, Barry J.Altaic Languages
Morphological clues to the relationships of Japanese and Korean
Martin, Samuel E.Afro-Asiatic Languages
A survey of Omotic grammemes
Bender, M. LionelThe regularity of sound change: A Semitistic perspective
Lieberman, Stephen J.Indexes
Subject index
Language index
Author index