10 new entries in the Dictionary of Historical Linguistics

The dictionary is part of the “Dictionaries of Linguistics and Communication Science (WSK) Online” by de Gruyter. The articles include:

• Adverbialstellung [adverbial placement] (open access)
• Ellipse [ellipsis]
• Ergativsprache [ergative language] (open access)
• Evolutionäre Sprachwandeltheorie [evolutionary theory of language change/theory of the evolution of language]
• Flektierende Sprache [fusional language]
• Konsonantenschwächung [consonant lenition]
• Konsonantenschwund [consonant loss]
• Lehnwortschatz [loan vocabulary]
• Nominativsprache [nominative language]
• Sprachinsel [language island]