Re: Constructing plausible language evolution

Kutsuwamushi wrote:
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Is there any good resource for learning how to create plausible
sound/morphosyntactic changes for a conlang? Right now, I can only
guess based on what I know about a (very) limited number of (mostly
Slavic) languages, but I'd like to be able to go further than that.
 >>

Lyle Campbell's book _Historical Linguistics_ is probably the
best I've seen.  It gives  you a list of common sound changes,
citing natural language examples, and then goes in depth into
sound change (what drives it, what's plausible, what isn't, etc.).

-David
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