UID:
edocfu_9959229257902883
Format:
1 online resource (320 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2010
ISBN:
3-11-081375-0
Series Statement:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 98
Content:
No detailed description available for "Language Change and Functional Explanations".
Note:
Selected papers of a conference on Functional Explanations of Language Change, Sept. 2 and 3, 1994, University of Amsterdam.
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Frontmatter --
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Introduction /
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Functional and cognitive aspects of change --
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In what sense can explanations of language change be functional? /
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Grasping the invisible hand /
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The cognitive calculus and its function in language /
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Tracing the origin of a change /
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The rise of switch-reference in the Awyu languages of Irian Jaya /
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Linguistic activity and change --
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"Scenario" as a concept for the functional explanation of language change /
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Changes in diminutive formation in the eastern Dutch dialect of Twente /
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Reformed versus Catholic: the origins of the [hu:s]/[hy:s] isogloss in eastern Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century /
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Indirectness in speech acts from a diachronic perspective: some evolutionary aspects of rhetorical questions in Spanish dialogue /
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Typology and language change --
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On the use of subjunctive and indicative verb-forms in adverbial clauses /
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Nominal syntax in Italic: a diachronic perspective /
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Index of subjects
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-014913-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-306-27519-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
DOI:
10.1515/9783110813753
