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1 online resource (vi, 300 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. 45 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 45. 0304-0763
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EXPLANATION AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; THE LANGUAGE LIFEGAME: PREDICTION, EXPLANATION AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE; 1.0. Introduction; 2.0. The relationship between synchronic and diachronic theories; 3.0. Reasons for language universals; 4.0. The language lifegame; 5.0. Snowballs; 5.1. Snowball (1): development of pidgins; 5.2. Snowball (2): destruction of verb-final constraint; 6.0. Summary and conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; HEADLESS RELATIVES IN THE HISTORY OF DUTCH; ABBREVIATED SOURCES.; NOTE |
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This volume presents the outcome of a workshop, held in Amsterdam in 1985, on the nature, even possibility, of explanation in Historical Linguistics: why changes take place and others do not, and why they occur at a particular time and place. The workshop, and this volume, aim to explore questions such as i) are the factors which explain the actuation of a change different from those that explain its implementation?; ii) is it possible to give a typology of changes?; iii) should linguistic explanation hope to meet the same requirements as explanation in the pure sciences?; iv) are all linguist |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Historical linguistics -- Congresses
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Explanation (Linguistics)
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Historical linguistics -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Explanation (Linguistics)
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Historical linguistics
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Linguistique historique.
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Changement linguistique.
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Variation linguistique.
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Lingustique historique.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Koopman, W. F. (Willem F.)
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| LC no. |
87000945 |
| ISBN |
9789027279453 |
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9027279454 |
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1283314002 |
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9781283314008 |
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9786613314000 |
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6613314005 |
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