Historical Linguistics 1999 Selected papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, 9–13 August 1999

This is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held August 9-13, 1999, at the University of British Columbia. From the rich program and the many papers given during this conference, the present twenty-three papers were carefully selected to display the state of current research in the field of historical linguistics.