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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789996103321

Titolo

Stability, variation, and change of word-order patterns over time [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rosanna Sornicola, Erich Poppe, Ariel Shisha-Halevy ; with the assistance of Paola Como

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, c2000

ISBN

1-283-12175-1

9786613121752

90-272-8471-7

Descrizione fisica

xxxi, 323 p

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 213

Altri autori (Persone)

SornicolaRosanna <1953->

PoppeErich

Shisha-HalevyAriel

ComoPaola

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order

Linguistic change

Language and languages - Variation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Chiefly papers presented at a workshop held within the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, which was held Aug. 14, 1997, Düsseldorf, Ger.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Stylistic and pragmatic principles in stability, variation and change -- pt. 2. Stability and diachrony -- pt. 3. Reanalysis, grammaticalization and change -- pt. 4. Variation and change.