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Format: XV, 330 S. : , graph. Darst.

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ISBN: 3-11-018873-2 , 978-3-11-018873-8

Series Statement: Trends in linguistics : Studies and monographs 170

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Historische Sprachwissenschaft ; Analogie

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Format: 1 online resource (345p.)

Edition: Reprint 2011

ISBN: 9783110919813

Series Statement: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 170

Content: This study demonstrates how historical linguistics regains a central role for the understanding of language as soon as the artificial distinction between synchrony and diachrony is abandoned. The author systematically explores the potential of the concept of analogy within the new framework of "Soft Syntax," illustrating his analysis with numerous examples from the history of the Romance languages. He shows that the openness of analogy allows historical linguistics to improve on old problems and to ask new questions about language change.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Contents -- , List of figures. List of tables -- , Abbreviations -- , Introduction -- , PART I -- , Chapter 1 Diachrony: Positions and challenges -- , Chapter 2 Domains in historical linguistics -- , Chapter 3 Reintegrating diachrony: A critique of some theoretical constructs -- , Chapter 4 Critical issues: Grammatically, representation, redundancy, and regularity -- , PART II -- , Chapter 5 Analogy, categorization, and learning -- , Chapter 6 Soft Syntax -- , Chapter 7 Pathways for diachronic shifts -- , Chapter 8 Conclusions -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index of names -- , Subject index , In English.

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Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

DOI: 10.1515/9783110919813

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Format: Online-Ressource (xv, 330 p)

Edition: 2011

ISBN: 9783110919813

Series Statement: Trends in linguistics 170

Content: Biographical note: Dieter Wanner, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.

Content: This study demonstrates how historical linguistics regains a central role for the understanding of language as soon as the artificial distinction between synchrony and diachrony is abandoned. The author systematically explores the potential of the concept of analogy within the new framework of "Soft Syntax," illustrating his analysis with numerous examples from the history of the Romance languages. He shows that the openness of analogy allows historical linguistics to improve on old problems and to ask new questions about language change.

Content: Review text: "The Power of Analogy. An Essay on Historical Linguistics is an important contribution to thinking about language change. It sets out a theory which unifies synchrony and diachrony in ways which diminish the usual barriers between them. [...] it is highly recommended."Margaret E. Winters in: Studies in Language 4/2008

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wanner, Dieter, 1943 - The power of analogy Berlin [u.a.] : Mouton de Gruyter, 2006 ISBN 3110188732

Additional Edition: ISBN 9783110188738

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Historische Sprachwissenschaft ; Analogie

DOI: 10.1515/9783110919813

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Series Statement: Trends in linguistics : Studies and monographs; 170

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Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

Keywords: Historische Sprachwissenschaft ; Analogie

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Format: 1 online resource (345p.)

Edition: Reprint 2011

ISBN: 9783110919813

Series Statement: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 170

Content: This study demonstrates how historical linguistics regains a central role for the understanding of language as soon as the artificial distinction between synchrony and diachrony is abandoned. The author systematically explores the potential of the concept of analogy within the new framework of "Soft Syntax," illustrating his analysis with numerous examples from the history of the Romance languages. He shows that the openness of analogy allows historical linguistics to improve on old problems and to ask new questions about language change.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Contents -- , List of figures. List of tables -- , Abbreviations -- , Introduction -- , PART I -- , Chapter 1 Diachrony: Positions and challenges -- , Chapter 2 Domains in historical linguistics -- , Chapter 3 Reintegrating diachrony: A critique of some theoretical constructs -- , Chapter 4 Critical issues: Grammatically, representation, redundancy, and regularity -- , PART II -- , Chapter 5 Analogy, categorization, and learning -- , Chapter 6 Soft Syntax -- , Chapter 7 Pathways for diachronic shifts -- , Chapter 8 Conclusions -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index of names -- , Subject index , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 978-3-11-018873-8

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9783110919813

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110919813

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Format: xv, 330 p.

Edition: Reprint 2011

ISBN: 3-11-091981-8

Series Statement: Trends in linguistics. 170

Content: In The Power of Anology, Dieter Wanner argues for reinstating historical linguistics, especially in (morpho-)syntax, as constitutive of any theoretical account of language. In the first part, he provides a critique of some foundational concepts of an object-oriented linguistic perspective, questioning the distinction between synchrony and diachrony, dichotomous parametrization, grammaticality judgments, and formal generalization. Instead, the immanent perspective of the linguistic individual, licensed by broad cognitive functions, highlights such relegated dimensions as similarity, (surface) redundancy, frequency of form, and social and environmental conditions on language use. In the second part, Dieter Wanner relies on a systematic construct of analogy as the dynamic force enabling language, tying together acquisition, language use, and linguistic change. Such analogy is pervasive, driven by local models, and inevitably spreading through the social web of linguistic practice. The unpredictability, incompletion, and typical slowness of change thereby become the norm, while categorical closure remains a marked possibility. The framework of "Soft Syntax" spells out an operative model for syntax relying on precedence, cohesion, dependence, agreement, constructional identity, and concatenation. These six dimensions and their interplay undergo a detailed exploration of their diachronic operation and implications, applying them to typical examples taken from the history of the Romance languages. The openness of the framework enables diachronic linguistics to approach old problems in a new light and to ask new questions about the mechanics and nature of language change.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Front matter -- , Acknowledgments -- , Contents -- , List of figures. List of tables -- , Abbreviations -- , Introduction -- , PART I -- , Chapter 1 Diachrony: Positions and challenges -- , Chapter 2 Domains in historical linguistics -- , Chapter 3 Reintegrating diachrony: A critique of some theoretical constructs -- , Chapter 4 Critical issues: Grammatically, representation, redundancy, and regularity -- , PART II -- , Chapter 5 Analogy, categorization, and learning -- , Chapter 6 Soft Syntax -- , Chapter 7 Pathways for diachronic shifts -- , Chapter 8 Conclusions -- , Notes -- , References -- , Index of names -- , Subject index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-11-018873-2

Language: English

Subjects: Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures

DOI: 10.1515/9783110919813