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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821537303321

Titolo

Historical linguistics 2005 : selected papers from the 17th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Madison, Wisconsin, 31 July-5 August 2005 / / edited by Joseph C. Salmons, Shannon Dubenion-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007

ISBN

1-282-15281-5

9786612152818

90-272-9216-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 413 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 284

Altri autori (Persone)

SalmonsJoe <1956->

Dubenion-SmithShannon

Disciplina

417/.7

Soggetti

Historical linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Grammaticalization -- pt. 2. Syntax and semantics -- pt. 3. Morphology -- pt. 4. Phonetics and phonology -- pt. 5. Variation.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains 22 revised papers originally presented at the 17th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, held August 2005 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The papers cover a broad range of languages, including well-studied languages of Europe but also Aramaic, Zoque and Uto-Aztecan, Japanese and Korean, Afrikaans, and the Pilbara languages of Australia. The theoretical approaches taken are equally diverse, often bringing together aspects of 'formal' and 'functional' theories in a single contribution. Many of the chapters provide fresh data, including several drawing on data from electronic corpora. Topics range from traditional comparative reconstruction to prosodic change and the role of processing in syntactic change.