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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
SELECTED PAPERS FROM THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS, DUSSELDORF, 10-17 AUGUST 1997 |
| Volume: |
1997 |
| By: |
Monika S. Schmid (Editor), Jennifer R. Austin (Editor), Dieter Stein (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£109.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9027236690 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789027236692 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
| Series: |
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 164 |
| Pages: |
419 |
| Description: |
These selected papers on historical linguistics cover a variety of languages, language families, and approaches to the study of language change, ranging from optimality theory to the linguistic consequences of political correctness. Two papers on Japanese, and three on Yiddish, are included. |
| Synopsis: |
This volume presents a selection from the papers given at the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics. It offers a window on the current state of the art in historical linguistics: the papers cover a wide range of different languages, different language families, and different approaches to the study of linguistic change, ranging from optimality theory, theories of grammaticalization and the invisible hand, treatments of language contact and creolization to the linguistic consequences of political correctness. Among the languages under discussion are Akkadian, Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Sranan, Western Malayo-Polynesian, Yiddish, and a variety of Romance and Native American languages. |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
John Benjamins Publishing Co |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |