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Title Variation and reconstruction / edited by Thomas D. Cravens.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Johns Benjamins Pub., [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages).
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Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 268
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 268. 0304-0763
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents VARIATION AND RECONSTRUCTION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOREWORD; VARIATION AND RECONSTRUCTION INTRODUCTION; MICROVARIABILITY IN TIME AND SPACE RECONSTRUCTING THE PAST FROM THE PRESENT; RECONSTRUCTING VARIATION AT SHALLOW TIME DEPTHS THE HISTORICAL PHONETICS OF 19TH CENTURY GERMAN DIALECTS IN THE U.S.; SOCIAL AND STRUCTURAL FACTORS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DUTCH URBAN DIALECTS IN THEEARLY MODERN PERIOD; REDUCTION OF VARIATION AS A FEATURE OF THE STANDARDIZATION OF CASTILIAN SPANISH AROUND 1500.
On projecting variation back into a proto-language with particular attention to germanic evidence and some thoughts on "drift"variation of direct speech complementizers in achaemenid aramaic documents from fifth century b.c.e. egypt; language change and the speakeron the discourse of historical linguistics; prefixvariation and reconstruction; on reconstructing a linguistic continuum in cape dutch (1710-1840); the reconstruction of variability in proto-germanic gender; variation as a reflection of contact notes from southeast asia; index of concepts and languages.
Summary The relation of language variation to reconstructed languages and to the methodology of reconstruction has long been neglected. The articles in the present volume consider this relationship from a number of different angles, with a number of different focuses. Several of the papers discuss evidence from Germanic, either Proto-Germanic (Joseph, Schwink), or daughter languages such as Dutch (Goss & Howell), Afrikaans (Roberge), Newcastle English (Milroy), and a Wisconsin German dialect (Geiger & Salmons). Other papers look at Italian (Cravens), Spanish (Harris-Northall), and the non-Indo-Europea.
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Subject Cravens, Thomas D.
Cravens, Thomas D.
Language and languages -- Variation.
Language and languages -- Variation.
Reconstruction (Linguistics)
Reconstruction (Linguistics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Cravens, Thomas D.
Other Form: Print version: Variation and reconstruction. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Johns Benjamins Pub., ©2006 902724782X (DLC) 2005053171 (OCoLC)61278694
ISBN 9789027285256 (electronic book)
902728525X (electronic book)
902724782X
9789027247827