AHL Studies in the Science & History of Language

All volumes are available from the Association for the History of Language, and may be ordered from Bibliotech. The following volumes have appeared so far in the series:

1. Professing Koernerian Linguistics
2. From Neanderthal to Easter Island
3. Historical Linguistics & Lexicostatistics

1. Neile A. Kirk & Paul J. Sidwell (eds) 1998. Professing Koernerian Linguistics: A Selection of Papers and Reviews presented in honour of Professor E. F. K. Koerner. (AHL Studies in the Science & History of Language 1) Melbourne: Association for the History of Language. xiv + 148 pp. AUD 25 (within Australia), USD 25 (outside Australia). ISBN 0 7340 1356 6. ^*

   This volume contains both original contributions and reviews and papers previously published in Dhumbadji!, the journal published by the Association. The common thread running through the volume is an appreciation of the historical dimension in linguistics, with regard to both language and linguistic historiography. The editors have drawn inspiration from the pioneering work in the historiography of linguistics done by Konrad Koerner.

   Contents
   • Editors' Preface
   • Biographical Note: E. F. K. Koerner
   • Recent History
     • Nick Nicholas: A History of the Association for the History of Language
   • Of Dinosaurs and Mammoths
     • Neile A. Kirk: The Linnean (international) System of Classification
     • Neile A. Kirk: 'Mammoth': A Case Study of the Rôle of Metaphor in Lexicokinesis
   • History & Historiography
     • Neile A. Kirk: Getting it Right, a review of: Konrad Koerner, Professing Linguistic Historiography
     • Paul Sidwell: Getting it Wrong: The Chomskyan School of Falsification, a combined review of Randy Allen Harris, The Linguistics Wars, and Geoffrey J. Huck & John A. Goldsmith, Ideology and Linguistic Theory
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of Mikolaj Kruszewski, Writings in General Linguistics
     • Nick Nicholas: A review of John Julius Norwich, Byzantium: The Decline and Fall
     • Stephan Atzert: Flemish and ABN (Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands) in Belgium
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of Chris Scarre, The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of Henry P. Frei, Japan's Southward Advance and Australia
   • Historical Linguistics Reviewed
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of W. Davis & G. Iverson (eds), Explanation in Historical Linguistics
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of Joseph Salmons, The Glottalic Theory: Survey and Synthesis
     • Nick Nicholas: A review of April M. S. McMahon: Understanding Language Change
     • Nick Nicholas & Paul Sidwell: A review of Rudi Keller, On Language Change: The invisible hand in language
     • Neile A. Kirk: A review of D. Gary Miller, Ancient Scripts and Phonological Knowledge
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of Michael D. Coe, Breaking the Maya Code
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of Viacheslav Chirikba, Common West Caucasian
   • Recent Advances in Vasconic Studies
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of R. L. Trask, The History of Basque
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of José Hualde, Joseba Lakarra, & R. L. Trask (eds), Towards a History of the Basque Language
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of Alan R. King & Begotxu Olaizola Elordi, Colloquial Basque: A Complete Language Course

2. Neile A. Kirk & Paul J. Sidwell (eds) 1999. From Neanderthal to Easter Island: A tribute to, and a celebration of, the work of W. Wilfried Schuhmacher, presented on the occasion of his 60th birthday. (AHL Studies in the Science & History of Language 2) Melbourne: Association for the History of Language. x + 165 pp. AUD 25 (within Australia), USD 25 (outside Australia). ISBN 0 9577251 0 8.

   Contents

   • Part I: The Tribute
     • John D. Bengston: 'Eye, Ear, Tongue' in Basque and East Caucasian
     • Václav Blazek: Patterns of creating Numerals
     • Charles Randriamasimanana: The Malayo-Polynesian Origins of Malagasy
     • Vitaly Shevoroshkin: Nostratic and Sino-Caucasian: Two ancient language phyla
     • Marit Vamarasi: The Functions of Complete and Incomplete in Rotuman Verbs
     • Theo Vennemann: Testing the West
     • Neile Kirk: A review of Colin Tudge, The Day Before Yesterday: Five Million Years of Human History
     • Paul Sidwell: A review of R. Foley, Humans before Humanity
   • Part II: The Celebration: Selected Works of W. Wilfried Schuhmacher
     • Thoughts & Reminiscences
     • Testing the Limits
     • The Pacific and the New World
     • The Sino-Caucasian World

3. Vitaly Shevoroshkin & Paul J. Sidwell (eds) 1999. Historical Linguistics & Lexicostatistics. (AHL Studies in the Science & History of Language 3) xviii + 313 pp. USD 50. ISBN 0 9577 251 1 6.
   

   Contents

   • Part I: Lexicostatistics: Ways of Application
     • Sergei Starostin: Historical Linguistics and Lexicostatistics
     • Sergei Jaxontov: Glottochronology: Difficulties and Perspectives
     • Sergei Starostin: Methodology of long-range comparison
     • Alexander Vovin: Some notes on linguistic comparison
     • Alexis Manaster Ramer: Dolgopolsky's theory of stability vs. Uto-Aztecan second person singular pronouns
     • James Parkinson: The preservation of Nostratic word meanings and sounds: statistical data
     • Henrik Birnbaum: Comments on Sergei Starostin's paper on linguistic dating
   • Part II: Genetic Relationship of Languages and "Mass Comparison"
     • Naomi Gurevich: Phylumphile or Phylumfoe? Reexamining Greenberg's method of Mass Comparison
     • Rajka Smiljanic: What are sufficient criteria for establishing genetic relationships among languages? Testing 'Mass Comparison'
   • Part III: Calculating Language Relationship
     • Harald Sverdrup: Calculating language relationships and paths of dispersal in Eurasia during the last 100,000 years using the Language Model
     • Harald Sverdrup & Ramon Guardans: Compiling words from extinct non-Indo-European languages in Europe
     • Ilia Peiros: Family evolution, language history and genetic classification

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