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Iconicity and Analogy in Language Change.

This book examines the alternation between accusative-dative and dative-accusative order in Old Florentine clitic clusters and its decline in favor of the latter. Based on an exhaustive analysis of data from medieval Florentine and Tuscan texts, this volume offers a novel analysis of the rise of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aski, Janice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: De Gruyter, 2015.
Colección:Studies in Language Change SLC.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book examines the alternation between accusative-dative and dative-accusative order in Old Florentine clitic clusters and its decline in favor of the latter. Based on an exhaustive analysis of data from medieval Florentine and Tuscan texts, this volume offers a novel analysis of the rise of the variable order, the transition from one order to the other, and the demise of the alternation that relies primarily on iconicity and analogy.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (209 pages)
ISBN:1614516391
9781614516392
9781501500985
1501500988