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1 online resource (vi, 344 pages) : illustrations |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 279 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 279. 0304-0763
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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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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 change within a domain-neutral model of a 'generalized analysis of selection', whereas Henning Andersen takes it that cultural phenomena could not possibly be handled, i.e. observed, described, understood, in the same way as natural phenomena. These papers are models of succinct presentation of impo |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Linguistic change.
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Historical linguistics.
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historical linguistics.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Historical linguistics
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Linguistic change
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Sprachwandel
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Taalverandering.
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Kopenhagen <2003>
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole.
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| ISBN |
9789027293190 |
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9027293198 |
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1282155318 |
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9781282155312 |
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9786612155314 |
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6612155310 |
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