A possible homeland of the Indo-European languages
Since most scholars assume an Indo-European homeland in the steppes north of the Black Sea, a full video study of this option is presented, based on the splits suggested by the Separation Base Method
Ancient Scripts - Historical Linguistics
Introduction to historical linguistics with language family charts and extensive links list.
Cameron Laird's Personal Index to Anthropologic Resources on the Net
Two software applications to aid glottochronological & lexostatistical analysis.
Chronology: History of English
"Chronology of Events in the History of English" summarizing the emergence and evolution of the language spanning 5 millenia.
Corpora and Historical Linguistics
"Historical linguistics can be seen as a species of corpus linguistics, since the texts of a historical period or a "dead" language form a closed corpus of data which can only be extended by the (re-)discovery of previously unknown manuscripts or books."
Encyclopedia.com - Grimm's law
The principle of relationships in Indo-European languages, first formulated by Jakob Grimm in 1822.
English from the 7th to the 18th c.
An attempt at a very brief outline of the history of English by Tuba Ince.
Genetic Distance and Language Affinities
Between Autochthonous Human Populations.
Grimm's Law
A demonstration of the law.
Historical Linguistics Methodology
Academic papers available in Postscript, PDF, and Word97 formats.
History of the English Language
A considerable collection of online materials related to the history of English: texts, publications, fonts and course syllabuses. Includes Pre-History, Old English, Middle English, early Modern English and the spread of English beyond the British Isles.
Indin
Independent investigations into the history of the Indo-European languages and peoples (by Valentyn Stetsyuk). Includes Turkic and Finno-Ugric material.
Indo-European and the Comparative Method
Everything you ever wanted to know about Proto-Indo-European (and the comparative method), but were afraid to ask.
Introduction to Historical Linguistics
A brief summary of the subject of comparative linguistics.
Kjell Gustafson's homepage - Historical Linguistics
An overview of the field of historical linguistics and its sub-disciplines.
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