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Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory

2008-03-06 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory by : Thórhallur Eythórsson

Download or read book Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory written by Thórhallur Eythórsson. This book was released on 2008-03-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 15 revised papers originally presented at a symposium at Rosendal, Norway, under the aegis of The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The overall theme of the volume is ‘internal factors in grammatical change.’ The papers focus on fundamental questions in theoretically-based historical linguistics from a broad perspective. Several of the papers relate to grammaticalization in different ways, but are generally critical of ‘Grammaticalization Theory’. Further papers focus on the causes of syntactic change, pinpointing both extra-syntactic (exogenous) causes and – more controversially – internally driven (endogenous) causes. The volume is rounded up by contributions on morphological change ‘by itself.’ A wide range of languages is covered, including Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Dagestan), Zoque, and Athapaskan languages, in addition to Indo-European languages, both the more familiar ones and some less well-studied varieties.

The Paradox of Grammatical Change

2008-02-06 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis The Paradox of Grammatical Change by : Ulrich Detges

Download or read book The Paradox of Grammatical Change written by Ulrich Detges. This book was released on 2008-02-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen intense debates between formal (generative) and functional linguists, particularly with respect to the relation between grammar and usage. This debate is directly relevant to diachronic linguistics, where one and the same phenomenon of language change can be explained from various theoretical perspectives. In this, a close look at the divergent and/or convergent evolution of a richly documented language family such as Romance promises to be useful. The basic problem for any approach to language change is what Eugenio Coseriu has termed the paradox of change: if synchronically, languages can be viewed as perfectly running systems, then there is no reason why they should change in the first place. And yet, as everyone knows, languages are changing constantly. In nine case studies, a number of renowned scholars of Romance linguistics address the explanation of grammatical change either within a broadly generative or a functional framework.

Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory

2007 Grammar, Comparative and general
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Release : 2007
Genre : Grammar, Comparative and general
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Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory

2008 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory by : Þórhallur Eyþórsson

Download or read book Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory written by Þórhallur Eyþórsson. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains 15 revised papers originally presented at a symposium at Rosendal, Norway, under the aegis of The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The overall theme of the volume is 'internal factors in grammatical change.' The papers focus on fundamental questions in theoretically-based historical linguistics from a broad perspective. Several of the papers relate to grammaticalization in different ways, but are generally critical of 'Grammaticalization Theory'. Further papers focus on the causes of syntactic change, pinpointing both extra-syntactic (exogenous) causes and – more controversially – internally driven (endogenous) causes. The volume is rounded up by contributions on morphological change 'by itself.' A wide range of languages is covered, including Tsova-Tush (Nakh-Dagestan), Zoque, and Athapaskan languages, in addition to Indo-European languages, both the more familiar ones and some less well-studied varieties.

Language Change and Linguistic Theory

2010 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2010
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Book Synopsis Language Change and Linguistic Theory by : D. Gary Miller

Download or read book Language Change and Linguistic Theory written by D. Gary Miller. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This v. 1 book investigates a large range of changes and their motivations in all parts of the grammar and lexicon. The core argument is that, in the absence of a Grand Unification Theory in linguistics, a natural language changes. Changes occur in successive formal grammars.

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