Explanation and linguistic change /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987. |
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| Description: | vi, 300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory v. 45 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory v. 45 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/818045 |
| 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 linguistic changes necessarily the product of variation?; v) should there be a formal theory of change apart from a general thoery of grammar? |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographies and index. |
| ISBN: | 9027235392 (alk. paper) : $48.00 (U.S.) |