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Chapter 1. The determinants of diachronic ...
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Document type :
Partie d'ouvrage
DOI :
10.1075/la.254.01bre
Title :
Chapter 1. The determinants of diachronic stability
Author(s) :
Bouzouita, Miriam [Auteur]
Breitbarth, Anne [Auteur]
Danckaert, Lieven [Auteur]
Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Farasyn, Melissa [Auteur]
Book title :
The determinants of diachronic stability
Publisher :
John Benjamins
Publication place :
Amsterdam
Publication date :
2019-03-20
ISBN :
9789027202413
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique
Sciences cognitives/Linguistique
English abstract : [en]
While much of the literature has focused on explaining diachronic variation and change, the fact that sometimes change does not seem to happen has received much less attention. The current volume unites ten contributions ...
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While much of the literature has focused on explaining diachronic variation and change, the fact that sometimes change does not seem to happen has received much less attention. The current volume unites ten contributions that look for the determinants of diachronic stability, mainly in the areas of morphology and (morpho)syntax. The relevant question is approached from different angles, both empirical and theoretical. Empirically, the contributions deal with the absence of change where one may expect it, uncover underlying stability where traditionally diachronic change was postulated, and, inversely, superficial stability that disguises underlying change. Determining factors ranging from internal causes to language contact are explored. Theoretically, the questions of whether stable variation is possible, and how it can be modeled are addressed. The volume will be of interest to linguists working on the causes of language change, and to scholars working on the history of Germanic, Romance, and Sinitic languages.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
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