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1 online resource (xxix, 527 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. 21 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 21. 0304-0763
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PAPERS from the 5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; I gCuimhne ar Dháithí Ó hUaithne; PREFACE; LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS; ENDGÜLTIGES PROGRAMM DER KONFERENZ; Table of contents; ON EXPLAINING LANGUAGE CHANGE; ASSIBILATION IN SINO-KOREAN; LE FRANCAIS DE DEMAIN: VSO OU VOS; WHY SMALL CHILDREN CANNOT CHANGE LANGUAGE ON THEIR OWN: SUGGESTIONS FROM THE ENGLISH PAST TENSE; THE ANALOGICAL PRESSURE OF SYNONYMY: THE DUAL GENDER OF SPANISH MAR 'SEA'; SUBJECTRAISING IN OLD IRISH |
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THE SYSTEM OF VERBS INVOLVING A SPEAKER-HEARER RELATIONSHIP: COME/GO, BRING/TAKE IN OLD AND MIDDLE ENGLISHWORD ORDER CHANGE IN DUTCH IMPERATIVE CLAUSES: THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CONTEXTUAL AND SYNTACTIC FACTORS; ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODALS AND OF THE EPISTEMIC FUNCTION IN ENGLISH; ON ESTABLISHING RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON SOUND CHANGE; SOME PHONOLOGICAL CHANGES IN POLYNESIAN LANGUAGES; ABLAUT AND SYNTAX IN KARTVELIAN; SHIFTING SYSTEMS: EVIDENCE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN FRENCH HISTORICAL PHONOLOGY; ASPECTS OF THE EVOLUTION OF RELATIVES IN ROMANCE |
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ON THE HISTORICAL CONTINUITY OF LINGUISTIC SYSTEMSCHANGE OF LANGUAGE AS A PROTOTYPE FOR CHANGE OF LINGUISTICS; DIACHRONIC FACT VS. SYNCHRONIC FICTION: HISTORICAL-LINGUISTIC EVIDENCE AGAINST ASSUMING UNDERLYING GRAMMATICAL UNIFORMITY FOR CONTEMPORARY DIALECTS OF THE SAME LANGUAGE; SEMANTIC CHANGE AND ETYMOLOGIES; MORPHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON SOUND CHANGE; THE SYSTEM OF NEGATION IN LATER MIDDLE ENGLISH PROSE; REDUCTIVE PHONETIC DEVELOPMENTS AS THE TRIGGER TO TYPOLOGICAL CHANGE: TWO EXAMPLES FROM THE FINNO-UGRIAN LANGUAGES; MODERN IRISH GRAMMARS AND THE PLURAL MARKER -ACHA |
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GRAPHOLOGY AND SOUND CHANGE IN OLD PRUSSIANICONICITY IN PHONOLOGICAL CHANGE; ON THE PROBLEM OF HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION VERNER'S LAW IN GOTHIC; THE MYSTERY OF THE VANISHED LAURENTIANS; ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PORTUGUESE INFLECTED INFINITIVE; SCHREIBUNGSUMWERTUNG UND DIE METHODEN DER HISTORISCHEN PHONOLOGIE; ON THE SOURCES OF INDO-EUROPEAN CONJUNCTIONS OF PURPOSE, CAUSE, ANDRESULT; A NEGLECTED PHONETIC LAW: THE REDUCTION OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN LARYNGEALS IN INTERNAL SYLLABLES BEFORE YOD; TRANSITIVE ADJECTIVES IN OLD AND MODERN SWEDISH |
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EXPLORATIONS ON SYNTACTIC CHANGE (RELATIVE CLAUSE FORMATION STRATEGIES)THE RECONSTRUCTION OF LANGUAGE IN ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT: METHODOLOGY FOR A SOCIO-HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC THEORY; VIVID LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE CHANGE; FROM DEONTIC TO EPISTEMIC: AN ANALYSIS OF MODALS IN THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH, CREOLES, AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; ON SHORT-TERM LANGUAGE CHANGE: DEVELOPMENTS IN IRISH MORPHOLOGY; CONVERSATIONAL 'PUES' IN SPANISH: A PROCESS OF DEGRAMMATICALIZATION?; NUMERICAL AND SOCIOLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES OF THE P/PF-ISOGLOSS IN SOUTH-RHENISH FRANCONIAN DIALECTS |
| Summary |
This volume presents a selection of the best papers from the Fifth International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL), which was held in Galway, April 6-10 1981. These papers provide an overview of work in the field of historical linguistics, covering a wide variety of topics and languages |
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Held in Galway, Easter 1981 |
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English, French, and German |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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English |
| Subject |
Historical linguistics -- Congresses
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Historical linguistics -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Historical linguistics
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Historische taalwetenschap.
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Linguistica.
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Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ahlqvist, Anders
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| LC no. |
83234007 |
| ISBN |
9789027280695 |
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902728069X |
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1283314304 |
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9781283314305 |
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9786613314307 |
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6613314307 |
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