This volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offers an insight into the nature of language itself, its internal organization, and how it is acquired and used. Accordingly, the phenomenon of language change has been approached from a variety of perspectives by linguists of many different orientations. This book brings together leading figures from different areas of linguistics to re-examine some of the central issues in this field.
This volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offers an insight into the nature of language itself, its internal organization, and how it is acquired and used. Accordingly, the phenomenon of language change has been approached from a variety of perspectives by linguists of many different orientations. This book brings together leading figures from different areas of linguistics to re-examine some of the central issues in this field.
Introduction Raymond Hickey; Part I. The Phenomenon of Language Change: 1. On change in 'E-language' Peter Matthews; 2. Formal and functional motivation for language change Frederick J. Newmeyer; Part II. Linguistic Models and Language Change: 3. Metaphors, models and language change Jean Aitchison; 4. Log(ist)ic and simplistic S-curves David Denison; 5. Regular suppletion Richard Hogg; 6. On not explaining language change: optimality theory and the Great Vowel Shift April McMahon; Part III. Grammaticalization: 7. Grammaticalization: cause or effect? David Lightfoot; 8. From subjectification to intersubjectification Elizabeth Traugott; Part IV. The Social Context for Language Change: 9. On the role of the speaker in language change James Milroy; Part V. Contact-based Explanations: 10. The quest for the most 'parsimonious' explanations: endogeny vs. contact revisited Markku Filppula; 11. Diagnosing prehistoric language contact Malcolm Ross; 12. The ingenerate motivation of sound change Gregory K. Iverson and Joseph C. Salmons; 13. How do dialects get the features they have? On the process of new dialect formation Raymond Hickey; Part VI. The Typological Perspective: 14. Reconstruction, typology, and reality Bernard Comrie; 15. Reanalysis and typological change Raymond Hickey.
Introduction Raymond Hickey; Part I. The Phenomenon of Language Change: 1. On change in 'E-language' Peter Matthews; 2. Formal and functional motivation for language change Frederick J. Newmeyer; Part II. Linguistic Models and Language Change: 3. Metaphors, models and language change Jean Aitchison; 4. Log(ist)ic and simplistic S-curves David Denison; 5. Regular suppletion Richard Hogg; 6. On not explaining language change: optimality theory and the Great Vowel Shift April McMahon; Part III. Grammaticalization: 7. Grammaticalization: cause or effect? David Lightfoot; 8. From subjectification to intersubjectification Elizabeth Traugott; Part IV. The Social Context for Language Change: 9. On the role of the speaker in language change James Milroy; Part V. Contact-based Explanations: 10. The quest for the most 'parsimonious' explanations: endogeny vs. contact revisited Markku Filppula; 11. Diagnosing prehistoric language contact Malcolm Ross; 12. The ingenerate motivation of sound change Gregory K. Iverson and Joseph C. Salmons; 13. How do dialects get the features they have? On the process of new dialect formation Raymond Hickey; Part VI. The Typological Perspective: 14. Reconstruction, typology, and reality Bernard Comrie; 15. Reanalysis and typological change Raymond Hickey.
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