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Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,$x0304-0763 ;$vv. 164 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-3669-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aHISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1997; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; SOUND LAWS: REACTIONS PRESENT AND PAST; 1. The problem; 1.1 Some ways of tackling the problem; 2. Another look; 2.1 Sound laws are non-causal generalizations; 2.2 Sound laws are statements of correspondences OR: the Neogrammarian hypothesis is both true and false; 2.3 Exceptionlessness is a working principle; 2.4 Exceptionlessness is a tautology; 2.5 Exceptionlessness is false; regularity is true; 3. Conclusions; Notes; References; PASSIVES IN WESTERN MALAYO-POLYNESIAN; 1. Introduction 327 $a2. Balinese3. Indonesian; 4. Other Sundic; Notes; References; WHAT CAN THIS BE? A WEST AFRICAN CONTRIBUTION TO SRANAN; 1. Introduction; 2. Di(si) as relativizer and as conjunction; 3. Di(si) in possessives and ordinals; 4. The position of demonstrative disi; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ASPECT IN AKKADIAN AND PROTO-SEMITIC; 1. Theoretical foundations and historical background; 2. Proto-Semitic aspects; 3. Modal forms of Proto-Semitic; 4. Trajectories from Proto-Semitic to daughter languages; 5. Some parallels with IE languages; References 327 $aEUPHEMISM WITH ATTITUDE POLITICALLY CHARGED LANGUAGE CHANGE1. Introduction; 2. What is political correctness?; 3. Political correctness and euphemism; 3.1 Euphemism with attitude; 3.2 What lies behind PC euphemism?; 3.3 The dysphemistic worm in the euphemistic bud; 4. Conclusion; Notes; References; THE LOSS OF THE VOICE DIMENSION BETWEEN LATE LATIN AND EARLY ROMANCE; 1. Introduction; 2. Transitivity as a gradient; 3. Transitivity in Latin; 3.1. The R-form; 3.2 Se /sibi + active verb; 3.3. Alternations in voice marking; 4. The loss of the voice dimension; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References 327 $aHOW A HISTORICAL LINGUIST AND A NATIVE SPEAKER UNDERSTAND A COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY1. Introduction; 2. Sound Change; 3. Grammaticization; 4. Idiomaticization; 5. Summary; References; THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR EVIDENCE FROM INDO-EUROPEAN PERFECTS; 1. Introduction; 1.2. Source determination; 1.2 Unidirectionality; 1.3 Universal paths; 2. The model of BPP; 3. The Indo-European perfect; 4. Indo-Iranian; 4.1 A Problem with Unidirectionality: Sanskrit aorists; 5. Greek; 6. Reduplication and stative perfects: a problem for Source Determination?; 7. Conclusion; 7.1 The stative as a basic category 327 $a7.2 Source determination7.3 Unidirectionality; 7.4 Universal paths; Notes; References; YIDDISH AND HEBREW BORROWING THROUGH ORAL LANGUAGE CONTACT; 1. Introduction; 2. Comparison with Borrowed Components in Other Languages; 2.1 Profile of Borrowing Interference; 2.2 Patterns of Lexical Borrowing; 2.3 Periphrastic Verbs; 3. Hebrew Origin Lexical Items; 4. External Evidence; 5. Conclusion; References; DEGENERATE FEET IN TACANAN LANGUAGES: UNMARKEDNESS IN OT; 1. Introduction; 2. Degenerate feet: The degenerate foot parameter and Catalexis; 3. Stress in Tacanan: Cavinena, Chama and Tacana 327 $a4. Degenerate feet in OT 330 $aThis volume presents a selection from the papers given at the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics. It offers a window on the current state of the art in historical linguistics: the papers cover a wide range of different languages, different language families, and different approaches to the study of linguistic change, ranging from optimality theory, theories of grammaticalization and the invisible hand, treatments of language contact and creolization to the linguistic consequences of political correctness. 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