Frontmatter -- PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- From the Editors -- The Life and Activities of E. D. Polivanov -- List of the Works of E. D. Polivanov -- Basic Literature on E. D. Polivanov -- I. INTRODUCTORY SECTION -- II. THE THEORY OF LANGUAGE EVOLUTION -- III. METHODS OF COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS -- IV. SOCIOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS -- V. APPLIED LINGUISTICS -- VI. LINGUISTICS AND POETICS -- APPENDIXweiterlesen