Language change and functional explanations
edited by Jadranka Gvozdanović.
Bok Engelsk 1997 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Berlin ; New York : : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1997.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (320 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Selected papers of a conference on Functional Explanations of Language Change, Sept. 2 and 3, 1994, University of Amsterdam.. - Introduction; Functional and cognitive aspects of change; In what sense can explanations of language change be functional?; Grasping the invisible hand; The cognitive calculus and its function in language; Tracing the origin of a change; The rise of switch-reference in the Awyu languages of Irian Jaya; Linguistic activity and change; "Scenario" as a concept for the functional explanation of language change; Changes in diminutive formation in the eastern Dutch dialect of Twente. - Reformed versus Catholic: the origins of the [hu:s]/[hy:s] isogloss in eastern Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th centuryIndirectness in speech acts from a diachronic perspective: some evolutionary aspects of rhetorical questions in Spanish dialogue; Typology and language change; On the use of subjunctive and indicative verb-forms in adverbial clauses; Nominal syntax in Italic: a diachronic perspective
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| Sjanger | Electronic books. . - Konferansepublikasjoner : https://id.nb.no/vocabulary/ntsf/378. - Konferanser (Form) : (NO-TrBIB)HUME01265. - Konferanser
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| ISBN | 3110149133
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