LEADER 05600nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910781853503321 005 20230331010107.0 010 $a1-283-31400-2 010 $a9786613314000 010 $a90-272-7945-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000060234 035 $a(EBL)795716 035 $a(OCoLC)757401370 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000635099 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11382928 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635099 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10652874 035 $a(PQKB)10751700 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC795716 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL795716 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509553 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL331400 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000060234 100 $a19870128d1987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aExplanation and linguistic change$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Willem Koopman ... [et al.] 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.$d1987 215 $a1 online resource (308 p.) 225 1 $aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,$x0304-0763 ;$vv. 45 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-3539-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographies and index. 327 $aEXPLANATION AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; THE LANGUAGE LIFEGAME: PREDICTION, EXPLANATION AND LINGUISTIC CHANGE; 1.0. Introduction; 2.0. The relationship between synchronic and diachronic theories; 3.0. Reasons for language universals; 4.0. The language lifegame; 5.0. Snowballs; 5.1. Snowball (1): development of pidgins; 5.2. Snowball (2): destruction of verb-final constraint; 6.0. Summary and conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; HEADLESS RELATIVES IN THE HISTORY OF DUTCH; ABBREVIATED SOURCES.; NOTE 327 $aBIBLIOGRAPHY MODERN DUTCH COULD BE MIDDLE DUTCHER THAN YOU THINK (AND VICE VERSA); 1. Introduction; 2. Bossuyt's proposal; 3. Second thoughts on P2 integration; 4. The internal structure of the headless relative; 4.1. Stacking; 4.2. The position of the complementizer; 4.3. A head for a headless relative; 4.4. Conclusion; 5. Final remarks; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; A BRIEF REPLY TO MR. WEERMAN.; A 'CASE' FOR THE OLD ENGLISH IMPERSONAL; 0. Introduction; 1. The case of the OE impersonal; 2. Case alternation with OE personal verbs; 3. Theories of Case; 4. Case and the lexicon; 5. Conclusion; NOTES 327 $aREFERENCES REQUISITES FOR REINTERPRETATION; 1. Introduction; 2. The case of modern Dutch -se; 2.1. The female inhabitatives in synchronic analyses; 2.2. The female inhabitatives as a separate pattern; I semantics; II morphological valence; III syntactic valence; 2.3. On the genesis of female inhabitatives in -se_; 2.4. Reinterpretation and its consequences for the synchronic system; 3. The case of Sranan e; 3.1. The original system; 3.2 Recent deviations from the original system; 3.3 Interpretation of the deviations; 4. Requisites for reinterpretation; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY 327 $aLANGUAGE, SPEAKERS, HISTORY AND DRIFT* 1. Preliminaries; 2, Alternative ontologies; 3. Psychological reductionism and history; 4. Programmatic interlude: Some questions; 5. Arguments for the autonomy of history, 1: Conspiracies; 6. Problems for psychologism: Sapir on 'drift'; 7. Arguments for the autonomy of history, 2: Centres of gravity; 8. Arguments for the autonomy of history, 3: Convergent drift; 9. The ontological dilemma: A new pair of spectacles?; NOTES; REFERENCES; NUMBER NEUTRALIZATION IN OLD ENGLISH: FAILURE OF FUNCTIONALISM?; 1. Outline of the functionalist view 327 $a2. Number neutralization in Old English: The system 3. Number neutralization in Old English: Change and variation; 4. The functionalist view qualified; REFERENCES; THE STATUS OF THE FUNCTIONAL APPROACH; NOTES; REFERENCES; ON SH*TTING THE DOOR IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH: A REPLY TO PROFESSOR SAMUELS; NOTE; REFERENCE; A BRIEF REJOINDER TO PROFESSOR LASS; 'EXPLANATION' BY LINGUISTIC MAPS; REFERENCES; OLD ENGLISH DIALECTS: WHAT'S TO EXPLAIN; WHAT'S AN EXPLANATION?; NOTE; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX 330 $aThis volume presents the outcome of a workshop, held in Amsterdam in 1985, on the nature, even possibility, of explanation in Historical Linguistics: why changes take place and others do not, and why they occur at a particular time and place. The workshop, and this volume, aim to explore questions such as i) are the factors which explain the actuation of a change different from those that explain its implementation?; ii) is it possible to give a typology of changes?; iii) should linguistic explanation hope to meet the same requirements as explanation in the pure sciences?; iv) are all linguist 410 0$aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.$nSeries IV,$pCurrent issues in linguistic theory ;$vv. 45. 606 $aHistorical linguistics$vCongresses 606 $aExplanation (Linguistics)$vCongresses 615 0$aHistorical linguistics 615 0$aExplanation (Linguistics) 676 $a410 701 $aKoopman$b W. F$g(Willem F.)$01580511 712 12$aExplanation and Linguistic Change$f(1985 :$eAmsterdam, Netherlands) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781853503321 996 $aExplanation and linguistic change$93861489 997 $aUNINA