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University of California Press
- History and the Testimony of Language
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: California World History Library
summary
This book is about history and the practical power of language to reveal historical change. Christopher Ehret offers a methodological guide to applying language evidence in historical studies. He demonstrates how these methods allow us not only to recover the histories of time periods and places poorly served by written documentation, but also to enrich our understanding of well-documented regions and eras. A leading historian as well as historical linguist of Africa, Ehret provides in-depth examples from the language phyla of Africa, arguing that his comprehensive treatment can be applied by linguistically trained historians and historical linguists working with any language and in any area of the world.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. x-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xiv
- PART ONE. EVIDENCE AND METHOD
- 1. Methods and Myths
- pp. 3-21
- 5. Linguistic Dating
- pp. 105-132
- PART TWO. APPLICATIONS
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520947597
Related ISBN(s)
9780520262041
MARC Record
OCLC
704274118
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No