text_combined: historical ling history ling historical linguistics nostratic sifting evidence joseph c salmons brian joseph eds 1998 vi 293 pp current issues linguistic theory 142 us canada cloth 1 55619 597 4 price us 75 00 rest world cloth 90 272 3646 1 price nlg 150 00 nostratic hypothesis positing commonlingusitic ancestor wide range language families including indo european uralic afro asiatic produced one enduring often intense controversies linguistics overwhelmingly though supporters hypothesis reject dealt directly one anothers arguments volume brings together selected representatives sides well number agnostic historical linguists aim examining evidence particular hypothesis context distant genetic relationships generally volume contains discussions variants nostratic hypothesis papers bomhard j greenberg one manaster ramer k baertsch k adams p michalove mathematics chance determining relationships posited nostratic papers r oswalt ringe evidence particular branches posited nostratic papers l campbell c hodge vovin responses additional discussion e hamp b vine w baxter b comrie history linguistics language functions historicocritical study prehumanistic philology bopp translated paul salmon consultation anthony j klijnsmit pieter verburg1998 xxxiv 534 pp studies history language sciences 84 us canada cloth 1 55619 621 0 price 110 00 rest world cloth 90 272 4572 x price nlg 220 00 pieter verburg 19051989 published taal en functionaliteit 1952 work received admiration linguistic scholars though number could read dutch text remained limited title alludes theories linguistic function set 1936 karl bhler verburg regards three functions discourse focusing respectively speaker person addressed matter discussed subfunctions human function speech central concern explore relationships thought language language reality work sets provide historical analysis views relationships period 11001800 great strength work lies way views language related contemporaneous moves philosophy science contrasting essentially mediaeval acceptance authority beginnings induction renaissance dependence early rationalism calculation based axiomatic truths development independent observation trends reflected way men thought language well way used much written history linguistics since book written still offers unique view development thinking language john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com