LEADER 04251nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910463743103321 005 20210626005653.0 010 $a3-11-091981-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110919813 035 $a(CKB)3360000000338584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000560120 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11354000 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000560120 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10570617 035 $a(PQKB)10958447 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3040293 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00014134 035 $a(DE-B1597)56830 035 $a(OCoLC)979629042 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110919813 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3040293 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10585322 035 $a(OCoLC)923706230 035 $a(EXLCZ)993360000000338584 100 $a20060223d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe power of analogy$b[electronic resource] $ean essay on historical linguistics /$fby Dieter Wanner 205 $aReprint 2011 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$dc2006 215 $axv, 330 p 225 0 $aTrends in linguistics.$3Studies and monographs,$x1861-4302 ;$v170 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a3-11-018873-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [298]-321) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tAcknowledgments --$tContents --$tList of figures. List of tables --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tPART I --$tChapter 1 Diachrony: Positions and challenges --$tChapter 2 Domains in historical linguistics --$tChapter 3 Reintegrating diachrony: A critique of some theoretical constructs --$tChapter 4 Critical issues: Grammatically, representation, redundancy, and regularity --$tPART II --$tChapter 5 Analogy, categorization, and learning --$tChapter 6 Soft Syntax --$tChapter 7 Pathways for diachronic shifts --$tChapter 8 Conclusions --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex of names --$tSubject index 330 $aIn The Power of Anology, Dieter Wanner argues for reinstating historical linguistics, especially in (morpho-)syntax, as constitutive of any theoretical account of language. In the first part, he provides a critique of some foundational concepts of an object-oriented linguistic perspective, questioning the distinction between synchrony and diachrony, dichotomous parametrization, grammaticality judgments, and formal generalization. Instead, the immanent perspective of the linguistic individual, licensed by broad cognitive functions, highlights such relegated dimensions as similarity, (surface) redundancy, frequency of form, and social and environmental conditions on language use. In the second part, Dieter Wanner relies on a systematic construct of analogy as the dynamic force enabling language, tying together acquisition, language use, and linguistic change. Such analogy is pervasive, driven by local models, and inevitably spreading through the social web of linguistic practice. The unpredictability, incompletion, and typical slowness of change thereby become the norm, while categorical closure remains a marked possibility. The framework of "Soft Syntax" spells out an operative model for syntax relying on precedence, cohesion, dependence, agreement, constructional identity, and concatenation. These six dimensions and their interplay undergo a detailed exploration of their diachronic operation and implications, applying them to typical examples taken from the history of the Romance languages. The openness of the framework enables diachronic linguistics to approach old problems in a new light and to ask new questions about the mechanics and nature of language change. 410 0$aTrends in linguistics.$pStudies and monographs ;$v170. 606 $aHistorical linguistics 606 $aAnalogy (Linguistics) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistorical linguistics. 615 0$aAnalogy (Linguistics) 676 $a417/.7 686 $aET 170$2rvk 700 $aWanner$b Dieter$f1943-$0156712 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463743103321 996 $aThe power of analogy$92477332 997 $aUNINA