Typological hierarchies in synchrony and diachrony /

Typological hierarchies in synchrony and diachrony /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Description:	vi, 434 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Typological studies in language (TSL) 0167-7373 ; volume 121 Typological studies in language ; v. 121.
Subject:	Typology (Linguistics) Historical linguistics. Linguistic universals. Anthropological linguistics. Anthropological linguistics. Historical linguistics. Linguistic universals. Typology (Linguistics)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11688427

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Other authors / contributors:	Cristofaro, Sonia, editor. Zúñiga, Fernando, editor.
ISBN:	9789027200266 9027200262 9789027264459
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	Typological hierarchies are widely perceived as one of the most important results of research on language universals and linguistic diversity. Explanations for typological hierarchies, however, are usually based on the synchronic properties of the patterns described by individual hierarchies, not the actual diachronic processes that give rise to these patterns cross-linguistically. This book aims to explore in what ways the investigation of such processes can further our understanding of typological hierarchies. To this end, diachronic evidence about the origins of several phenomena described by typological hierarchies is discussed for several languages by a number of leading scholars in typology, historical linguistics, and language documentation. This evidence suggests a rethinking of possible explanations for typological hierarchies, as well as the very notion of typological universals in general.
Other form:	Online version: Typological hierarchies in synchrony and diachrony. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018] 9789027264459

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