| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 472 pages) : illustrations. |
|
text file |
| Series |
Trends in linguistics : studies and monographs ; 231
|
|
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 231.
|
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of contents; List of contributors; Universals and variation: an introduction; Part 1 Varieties and cross-linguistic variation; Causal clauses: a cross-linguistic investigation of their structure, meaning, and use; Two euroversals in a global perspective: auxiliation and alignment; The diachronic development of article-possessor complementarity in the history of Italian and Portuguese; Variation as a window on universals; Part 2 Contact-induced variation; Gender and contact -- a Natural Morphology perspective on Scandinavian examples; Universals of structural borrowing. |
|
Part 3 Methodological issues of variation researchVariation and reproducibility in linguistics; Parameters of morphosyntactic variation in World Englishes: prospects and limitations of searching for universals; Comparing varieties of English: problems and perspectives; Part 4 Variation and linguistic theory; Norwegian main clause declaratives: variation within and across grammars; Syntactic variation and change in Romance: a Minimalist approach; A localistic approach to universals and variation. |
|
Lexicon, phonology and phonetics. Or: rule-based and usage-based approaches to phonological variationIndex. |
| Summary |
The volume explores the relationship between linguistic universals and language variation. The contributions identify the recurrent patterns and principles behind the complex spectrum of observable variation. As a whole, the volume bridges the gap between cross-linguistic variation, regional variation, diachronic variation, contact-induced variation as well as socially conditioned variation. Fundamental methodological and theoretical issues of variation research are addressed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Variation.
|
|
Language and languages -- Variation. |
|
Linguistic universals.
|
|
Linguistic universals. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Siemund, Peter, 1965-
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Linguistic universals and language variation. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2011 9783110238051 (DLC) 2011009502 (OCoLC)706804051 |
| ISBN |
9783110238068 |
|
3110238063 |
|
1283399482 |
|
9781283399487 |
|
9783110238051 |
|
3110238055 |
|
