UID:
edocfu_9958355377002883
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.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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List of figures. List of tables --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction --
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PART I --
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Chapter 1 Diachrony: Positions and challenges --
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Chapter 2 Domains in historical linguistics --
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Chapter 3 Reintegrating diachrony: A critique of some theoretical constructs --
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Chapter 4 Critical issues: Grammatically, representation, redundancy, and regularity --
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PART II --
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Chapter 5 Analogy, categorization, and learning --
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Chapter 6 Soft Syntax --
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Chapter 7 Pathways for diachronic shifts --
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Chapter 8 Conclusions --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index of names --
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Subject index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-018873-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110919813
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110919813
