Language Change and Functional Explanations

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 1997

Language Change and Functional Explanations

Edited by: Jadranka Gvozdanovic

Volume 98 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110813753

Contents

I-X Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Introduction Jadranka Gvozdanović Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Functional and cognitive aspects of change
In what sense can explanations of language change be functional? Rudi Keller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Grasping the invisible hand Erica García Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
The cognitive calculus and its function in language Stig Eliasson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Tracing the origin of a change Jadranka Gvozdanović Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
The rise of switch-reference in the Awyu languages of Irian Jaya Lourens de Vries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Linguistic activity and change
“Scenario” as a concept for the functional explanation of language change Wolfgang U. Dressler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Changes in diminutive formation in the eastern Dutch dialect of Twente Cor van Bree Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Reformed versus Catholic: the origins of the [hu:s]/[hy:s] isogloss in eastern Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century Peter van Reenen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Indirectness in speech acts from a diachronic perspective: some evolutionary aspects of rhetorical questions in Spanish dialogue Henk Haverkate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Typology and language change
On the use of subjunctive and indicative verb-forms in adverbial clauses Kees Hengeveld and Gerry Wanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Nominal syntax in Italic: a diachronic perspective Brigitte L.M. Bauer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Index of subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: Reprint 2010
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 307
Keywords: Sprachwandel; Funktionalismus; Kongress; Amsterdam

eBook

Published: April 20, 2011
ISBN: 9783110813753

Hardcover

Published: April 3, 1997
ISBN: 9783110149135