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From the refinement of general methodology, to new insights of synchronic and diachronic universals, to studies of specific phenomena, this collection demonstrates the crucial role that language data play in the evolution of useful, accurate linguistic theories. Issues addressed include the determin...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, Hodges, Adam, Rood, David S.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2005.
Collection:Studies in language companion series ; v. 72.
Sujets:
Linguistics.
Language and languages.
Linguistique.
Langage et langues.
linguistics.
language (general communication)
languages (study discipline)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Language and languages
Linguistics
Historische taalwetenschap.
Taalstructuur.
Taalverandering.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Linguistic Diversity and Language Theories; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Introduction; 1. What are we typologists doing?; 2. The canonical approach in typology; 3. What is an empirical theory of linguistic meaning a theory of?; 4. Language processes, theory and description of language change, and building on the past; 5. On the part played by human conscious choice in language structure and language evolution; 6. The challenge of polygrammaticalization for linguistic theory; 7. On discourse frequency, grammar, and grammaticalization.

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