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From: steve kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: PhD or books on history of individual languages
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Derek M. Jones wrote:

> I'm looking for PhD thesis or books covering the history of
> popular, or once popular languages (not edited
> collections of papers on different languages). ...

There is ZPL from the University of Washington.  See

https://research.cs.washington.edu/zpl/home/index.html
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~bradc/cv/pubs/
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~bradc/cv/pubs/degree/thesis.html

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steve