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
Note:
In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110188732
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110188738
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
URL:
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