Explanation and linguistic change
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Explanation and linguistic change
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series 4 . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 45）
J. Benjamins, 1987
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Papers presented at the workshop, held at the University of Amsterdam, on Apr. 9-10, 1985
Includes bibliographies and index
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内容説明
This 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 linguistic changes necessarily the product of variation?; v) should there be a formal theory of change apart from a general thoery of grammar?
目次
- 1. Preface
- 2. Introduction (by Eaton, Roger)
- 3. The Language lifegame: Prediction, Explanation and linguistic change (by Aitchison, Jean)
- 4. Headless relatives in the history of Dutch (by Bossuyt, Alain)
- 5. Modern Dutch could be middle Dutcher than you think (and vica versa) (by Weerman, Fred)
- 6. A brief reply to Mr. Weerman (by Bossuyt, Alain)
- 7. A 'case' for the Old English impersonal (by Fischer, Olga)
- 8. Requisites for reinterpretation (by Koefoed, Geert)
- 9. Language, speakers, history and drift (by Lass, Roger)
- 10. Number neutralization in old English: failure of functionalism? (by Plank, Frans)
- 11. The status of the functional approach (by Samuels, M.L.)
- 12. On sh*tting the door in modern English: A reply to Professor Samuels (by Lass, Roger)
- 13. A brief rejoinder to Professor Lass (by Samuels, M.L.)
- 14. 'Explanation' by Linguistic maps (by Stroop, Jan)
- 15. Old English dialects: What's to explain
- what's an explanation? (by Toon, Thomas E.)
- 16. Subject index
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