Competing models of linguistic change : evolution and beyond /

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The articles of this volume are centered around two competing views on language change originally presented at the 2003 International Conference on Historical Linguistics in the two important plenary papers by Henning Andersen and William Croft. The latter proposes an evolutionary model of language...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2006.
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 279.
Subjects:
Linguistic change.
Historical linguistics.
Changement linguistique.
Linguistique historique.
historical linguistics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Historical linguistics
Linguistic change
Sprachwandel
Taalverandering.
Kopenhagen <2003>
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Competing Models of Linguistic Change; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE NON-LINEAR NATURE OF DIACHRONIC CHANGE; EXPLANATIONS, OR ...?; QUANTIFYING THE FUNCTIONAL LOAD OF PHONEMIC OPPOSITIONS, DISTINCTIVE FEATURES, AND SUPRASEGMENTALS; SYNCHRONY, DIACHRONY, AND EVOLUTION; THE RELEVANCE OF AN EVOLUTIONARY MODEL TO HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; GRAMMATICALIZATION OF INDIRECT OBJECT CROSS-REFERENCEIN SPANISH AS A CASE OF DRIFT; THE ROLE OF FUNCTIONAL FACTORS IN LANGUAGE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF PROTOTYPICALITY IN LANGUAGE CHANGE.

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