"I have gotten very involved in historical linguistics," he continued.

The techniques of comparison and analysis are called historical linguistics.

Historical linguistics - study of language change over time.

The second point, mass comparison, is controversial in historical linguistics.

Historical linguistics has long wrestled with the idea of a single original language.

However, evidence from historical linguistics cannot bridge the gap between those two periods.

He is most famous today as a founder of modern comparative historical linguistics.

In the biological field several software programs were then developed which could have application to historical linguistics.

He claimed this put African historical linguistics on a secure basis for the first time.

Tracking similarities and differences between languages is part of historical linguistics.

Until the arrival of the computer on the historical linguistics landscape the numbers in both cases were necessarily small.

However this is a common problem in historical linguistics, and one which perhaps can be overcome with the use of the comparative method.

Several proposals have been made, none of which has received much support from mainstream historical linguistics experts.

This scholarship played an important role in the development of Western philology, or historical linguistics.

One part of historical linguistics is known as etymology, where people study the history of words.

"Since when do candidates in historical linguistics do psychological consulting?"

Getting the right dataset for the comparative method is a major task in historical linguistics.

Both concepts are also used in historical linguistics.

Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical linguistics.

"Historical linguistics and the comparative study of African languages".

In historical linguistics, lexical diffusion is both a phenomenon and a theory.

He was also an authority on historical linguistics, and had written about the problem of the origin of language.

When it comes to unknowability in historical linguistics, time is the enemy.

Also, some have argued using evidence from historical linguistics that grammar is an emergent property of language use.

Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century.