03441nam 2200661 a 450 991079072420332120230421051516.03-11-081375-010.1515/9783110813753(CKB)2550000001178582(EBL)928953(OCoLC)794664361(SSID)ssj0000559931(PQKBManifestationID)11352848(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000559931(PQKBWorkID)10567265(PQKB)11311071(MiAaPQ)EBC928953(WaSeSS)Ind00014184(DE-B1597)41059(OCoLC)979733643(DE-B1597)9783110813753(Au-PeEL)EBL928953(CaPaEBR)ebr10588462(CaONFJC)MIL558770(EXLCZ)99255000000117858219960930d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage change and functional explanations[electronic resource] /edited by Jadranka GvozdanovićReprint 2010Berlin ;New York Mouton de Gruyter19971 online resource (320 p.)Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ;98Trends in linguistics.Studies and monographs ;98Selected papers of a conference on Functional Explanations of Language Change, Sept. 2 and 3, 1994, University of Amsterdam.3-11-014913-3 1-306-27519-9 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Introduction / Gvozdanović, Jadranka -- Functional and cognitive aspects of change -- In what sense can explanations of language change be functional? / Keller, Rudi -- Grasping the invisible hand / García, Erica -- The cognitive calculus and its function in language / Eliasson, Stig -- Tracing the origin of a change / Gvozdanović, Jadranka -- The rise of switch-reference in the Awyu languages of Irian Jaya / Vries, Lourens de -- Linguistic activity and change -- "Scenario" as a concept for the functional explanation of language change / Dressler, Wolfgang U. -- Changes in diminutive formation in the eastern Dutch dialect of Twente / Bree, Cor van -- Reformed versus Catholic: the origins of the [hu:s]/[hy:s] isogloss in eastern Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century / Reenen, Peter van -- Indirectness in speech acts from a diachronic perspective: some evolutionary aspects of rhetorical questions in Spanish dialogue / Haverkate, Henk -- Typology and language change -- On the use of subjunctive and indicative verb-forms in adverbial clauses / Hengeveld, Kees / Wanders, Gerry -- Nominal syntax in Italic: a diachronic perspective / Bauer, Brigitte L.M. -- Index of subjectsTrends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]Linguistic changeCongressesFunctionalism (Linguistics)CongressesLinguistic changeFunctionalism (Linguistics)417ES 425rvkGvozdanović Jadranka168145MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790724203321Language change and functional explanations3856910UNINA