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1 online resource (vi, 300 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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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Historical linguistics -- Congresses.
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Historical linguistics. |
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Explanation (Linguistics)
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Explanation (Linguistics) |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Koopman, W. F. (Willem F.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Explanation and linguistic change. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987 9027235392 (DLC) 87000945 (OCoLC)15197089 |
| ISBN |
9789027279453 (electronic book) |
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9027279454 (electronic book) |
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9027235392 |
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9789027235398 |
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