Review of: "Hermann Paul’s Principles of Language History Revisited. Translations and Reflections", eds. Peter Auer and Robert W. Murray, with contributions by Peter Auer, David Fertig, Paul J. Hopper, Robert W. Murray. Berlin - Boston: de Gruyter, 2
This paper reviews a recent book consisting in a new translation of some chapters of Paul’s Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte and some critical studies commenting and comparing the theories advanced by Paul with today’s linguistic theories. One of the aims of the paper, besides illustrating the merits of this beautiful volume, is to widen the comparison also to the less known general theories advanced by Italian linguists.