LEADER 04067nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910818555803321 005 20240514050417.0 010 $a1-55619-561-3 010 $a1-283-31302-2 010 $a9786613313027 010 $a90-272-7704-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000062813 035 $a(EBL)793546 035 $a(OCoLC)759101354 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000994282 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11542018 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000994282 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10962075 035 $a(PQKB)11716170 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC793546 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL793546 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10508956 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000062813 100 $a19930622d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHistorical linguistics 1991 $epapers from the 10th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Amsterdam, 12-16 August 1991 /$fedited by Jaap van Marle 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (413 p.) 225 1 $aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory,$x0304-0763 ;$vv. 107 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-3609-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aHISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1991; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; General programme of the conference; The tendency towards right branching in the development and acquisition of Latin and French; Linguistics and its positivist handicap; Questionwords in 18th-century and 20th-century Sranan; The explanation of syntactic change: a historical perspective; Traffic between the pragmatic and structural levels; Parameter resetting; Old French and constraints on consonant epenthesis; The definite article: early stages of development 327 $aLanguage change: complex in its sources and directions, yet simple in systematicitySuppressionof a word-order pattern in Westgermanic; Modularity in language change; Blood, tears, and murder: the evidence for Proto-Uto-Aztecan syllable-final consonants; On leapfrogging in historical phonology; Greenberg'sAmerican Indian classification: a report on the controversy; The grammaticalization of Spanish haber plus participle; Latinto Romance (again!): change or genesis?; Linguistic variants and language change: deictic variants in some German and Dutch dialects vis-a?-vis Afrikaans 327 $a'Typological conservatism' and framing constructions in German morphosyntaxOn the evidence for bimoric vowels in Early English; Longtermevolution of the syntax of discourse and the Swahili person markers; Jewish historical linguistics: 1981-1991-2001; Gerunds and their objects in the Modern English period; Index of names; Index of languages; Index of subject matter 330 $aThis volume contains 22 of the 95 papers presented during ICHL 10. The articles included here clearly reflect the on-going interest in the general mechanisms of language change, the close relationship between present-day historical linguistics and linguistic theory, and the renewed interest in language contact. The papers deal with more general issues as well as with specific problems in diverse languages and language groups.The volume contains three indexes: of names, of languages, and of subjects. 410 0$aAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.$nSeries IV,$pCurrent issues in linguistic theory ;$vv. 107. 606 $aHistorical linguistics$vCongresses 615 0$aHistorical linguistics 676 $a417/.7 701 $aMarle$b Jaap van$0157847 712 12$aInternational Conference on Historical Linguistics 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818555803321 996 $aHistorical linguistics 1991$93982702 997 $aUNINA