Explanation and linguistic change /

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This volume presents the outcome of a workshop, held in Amsterdam in 1985, on the nature, even possibility, of explanation in Historical Linguistics: why changes take place and others do not, and why they occur at a particular time and place. The workshop, and this volume, aim to explore questions s...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Koopman, W. F. (Willem F.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987.
Collection:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 45.
Sujets:
Historical linguistics > Congresses.
Explanation (Linguistics)
Linguistique historique > Congrès.
Explication (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Historical linguistics
Linguistique historique.
Changement linguistique.
Variation linguistique.
Lingustique historique.
Conference papers and proceedings
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • EXPLANATION AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; THE LANGUAGE LIFEGAME: PREDICTION, EXPLANATION AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE; 1.0. Introduction; 2.0. The relationship between synchronic and diachronic theories; 3.0. Reasons for language universals; 4.0. The language lifegame; 5.0. Snowballs; 5.1. Snowball (1): development of pidgins; 5.2. Snowball (2): destruction of verb-final constraint; 6.0. Summary and conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; HEADLESS RELATIVES IN THE HISTORY OF DUTCH; ABBREVIATED SOURCES.; NOTE.

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