Palmer, Leonard R <br/><br/>
Descriptive and Comparative Linguistics :  A critical Introduction / 
by Leonard R. Palmer. 
 - London :  Faber and Faber,  1972. 
 - 430 p. :  il. 
<br/><br/> Table of Phonetic Symbols. - Index of Authors. - Subject Index. 
<br/><br/> This book is divided into two major sections: 'Descriptive Linguistics' includes chapters on 'The Analysis and Description of the Speech', 'Transformational Grammar' and 'Semantics: the use of Words'; and 'Historical and Comparative Linguistics' including chapters on 'Sound Change', 'Dialects', 'Etymology', and 'Language and Culture'. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-571-09940-8 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>LINGÜÍSTICA COMPARATIVA<br/>LINGUISTICA DESCRIPTIVA