Explanation and linguistic change /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987.
Description:1 online resource (vi, 300 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 45
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 45.
Subject:Historical linguistics -- Congresses.
Explanation (Linguistics)
Linguistique historique -- Congrè€s.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
Explanation (Linguistics)
Historical linguistics.
Linguistique historique.
Changement linguistique.
Variation linguistique.
Lingustique historique.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11279103
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Other authors / contributors:Koopman, W. F. (Willem F.)
ISBN:9789027279453
9027279454
1283314002
9781283314008
9786613314000
6613314005
9027235392
9789027235398
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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 linguist.
Other form:Print version: Explanation and linguistic change. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987 9027235392