03164nam 2200697Ia 450 991096379740332120200520144314.0978661225440697890272952559027295255978128225440412822544059781423761365142376136710.1075/slcs.71(CKB)1000000000459872(EBL)622637(OCoLC)65181302(SSID)ssj0000166059(PQKBManifestationID)12047380(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166059(PQKBWorkID)10144829(PQKB)10560111(MiAaPQ)EBC622637(PPN)187522901(DE-B1597)720225(DE-B1597)9789027295255(EXLCZ)99100000000045987220040527d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe growth and maintenance of linguistic complexity /Osten Dahl1st ed.Philadelphia John Benjamins20041 online resource (343 p.)Studies in language companion series,0165-7763 ;v. 71Description based upon print version of record.9781588115546 1588115542 9789027230812 9027230811 Includes bibliographical references and index.The Growth and Maintenance of Linguistic Complexity; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Information and redundancy; 3. Complexity, order, and structure; 4. Languages as non-genetically inherited systems; 5. Aspects of linguistic knowledge; 6. Maturation processes; 7. Grammatical maturation; 8. Pattern adaptation; 9. Featurization; 10. Incorporating patterns; 11. Stability and change; 12. Final discussion; Appendix A; References; List of abbrevations used in glosses; Language index; Author index; Subject indexThis book studies linguistic complexity and the processes by which it arises and is maintained, focusing not so much on what one can say in a language as how it is said. Complexity is not seen as synonymous with "difficulty" but as an objective property of a system - a measure of the amount of information needed to describe or reconstruct it. Grammatical complexity is the result of historical processes often subsumed under the rubric of grammaticalization and involves what can be called mature linguistic phenomena, that is, features that take time to develop. The nature and characteristics ofStudies in language companion series ;v. 71.Complexity (Linguistics)Language and languagesComplexity (Linguistics)Language and languages.401/.43Dahl Osten403070MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963797403321Growth and maintenance of linguistic complexity992440UNINA