41. Historical linguistics : Cladistic methods have been used to reconstruct the phylogeny of languages using linguistic features.42. Karlgren was the first scholar to use European-style principles of historical linguistics to study the Chinese language. 43. At first, historical linguistics was comparative linguistics. 44. His specialization was in comparative historical linguistics . 45. In the biological field several software programs were then developed which could have application to historical linguistics . 46. If some conjugational historical linguistic ) viewpoint. 47. The study is meant as a contribution to the comparative and historical linguistics of the Amerindian languages. 48. Principal concerns of historical linguistics include: 49. This general concern is a manifestation of the larger issue of " time depth " in historical linguistics . 50. Also, some have argued using evidence from historical linguistics that grammar is an emergent property of language use.
