History and the testimony of language /:
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 poo...
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Sprache: | English |
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Schriftenreihe: | California world history library ;
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Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520947597 0520947592 |
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spelling | Ehret, Christopher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81068578 History and the testimony of language / Christopher Ehret. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011. 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 data file The California world history library ; 16 Includes bibliographical references and index. Methods and myths -- Writing history from linguistic evidence -- Historical inference from transformations in the vocabularies of culture -- Historical inference from word borrowing -- Linguistic dating -- History in the Sahara : society and economy in the early Holocene -- Social transformation in the Horn of Africa, 500 BCE to 500 CE -- Recovering the history of extinct societies : a case study from East Africa -- Cultural diffusion in the Atlantic age : American crops in Eastern Africa. Print version record. 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. History Methodology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061218 Language and history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074517 Social history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123948 Africa History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001556 Social Conditions https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012924 Histoire Méthodologie. Langage et histoire. Histoire sociale. Afrique Histoire. social history. aat HISTORY Historiography. bisacsh HISTORY Africa General. bisacsh History Methodology fast Language and history fast Social history fast Africa fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHrMyfHC67yqRTycbrv3 History fast has work: History and the testimony of language (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGWPwkcfbGBdTthfGVJFKd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Ehret, Christopher. History and the testimony of language. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520262041 (DLC) 2010001040 (OCoLC)498113283 California world history library ; 16. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001017571 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=356067 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Ehret, Christopher History and the testimony of language / California world history library ; Methods and myths -- Writing history from linguistic evidence -- Historical inference from transformations in the vocabularies of culture -- Historical inference from word borrowing -- Linguistic dating -- History in the Sahara : society and economy in the early Holocene -- Social transformation in the Horn of Africa, 500 BCE to 500 CE -- Recovering the history of extinct societies : a case study from East Africa -- Cultural diffusion in the Atlantic age : American crops in Eastern Africa. History Methodology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061218 Language and history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074517 Social history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123948 Social Conditions https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012924 Histoire Méthodologie. Langage et histoire. Histoire sociale. social history. aat HISTORY Historiography. bisacsh HISTORY Africa General. bisacsh History Methodology fast Language and history fast Social history fast |
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title | History and the testimony of language / |
title_auth | History and the testimony of language / |
title_exact_search | History and the testimony of language / |
title_full | History and the testimony of language / Christopher Ehret. |
title_fullStr | History and the testimony of language / Christopher Ehret. |
title_full_unstemmed | History and the testimony of language / Christopher Ehret. |
title_short | History and the testimony of language / |
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topic | History Methodology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061218 Language and history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074517 Social history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123948 Social Conditions https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012924 Histoire Méthodologie. Langage et histoire. Histoire sociale. social history. aat HISTORY Historiography. bisacsh HISTORY Africa General. bisacsh History Methodology fast Language and history fast Social history fast |
topic_facet | History Methodology. Language and history. Social history. Africa History. Social Conditions Histoire Méthodologie. Langage et histoire. Histoire sociale. Afrique Histoire. social history. HISTORY Historiography. HISTORY Africa General. History Methodology Language and history Social history Africa History |
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