Types of variation : diachronic, dialectal and typological interfaces /
This volume interfaces three fields of linguistics rarely discussed in the same context. Its underlying theme is linguistic variation, and the ways in which historical linguists and dialectologists may learn from insights offered by typology, and vice versa. The aim of the contributions is to raise...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2006.
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Colección: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 76. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Types of Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Contents; I. Typology and grammaticalization; 'Triangulation' of diachrony, dialectology and typology; Bi-directional vs. uni-directional asymmetries in the encoding of semantic distinctions in free and bound person forms; II. Diachrony and typology; Historical morphology from a typological point of view; Typology and comparative linguistics; Primary adjectives in English and German; The concessive connective albeit; Possessives and determiners in Old English; Analytic of the samyn or synthetic its?