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Linguistic diversity and language theories /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, Hodges, Adam, Rood, David S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2005.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 72.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 determination of meaning in typological studies; a refined understanding of diachronic processes by including intentional, social, statistical, and level-determined phenomena; the reconsideration of categories such as sentence, evidential or adposition, and structures such as compounds or polysynthesis; th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 430 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027294623
9027294623
9789027230829
902723082X
9781588115775
1588115771
9786612156908
6612156902
ISSN:0165-7763 ;