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The paradox of grammatical change : perspectives from romance /

Recent years have seen intense debates between formal (generative) and functional linguists, particularly with respect to the relation between grammar and usage. This debate is directly relevant to diachronic linguistics, where one and the same phenomenon of language change can be explained from var...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Detges, Ulrich, Waltereit, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 293.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Recent years have seen intense debates between formal (generative) and functional linguists, particularly with respect to the relation between grammar and usage. This debate is directly relevant to diachronic linguistics, where one and the same phenomenon of language change can be explained from various theoretical perspectives. In this, a close look at the divergent and/or convergent evolution of a richly documented language family such as Romance promises to be useful. The basic problem for any approach to language change is what Eugenio Coseriu has termed the paradox of change: if synchroni.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027291639
9027291632
9027248087
9789027248084
ISSN:0304-0763 ;