The Determinants of Diachronic Stability (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today)
ISBN-13:
9789027202413
ISBN-10:
9027202419
Author:
Anne Breitbarth, Lieven Danckaert, Miriam Bouzouita, Melissa Farasyn
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format:
Hardcover
300 pages
Category:
Linguistics
,
Words, Language & Grammar
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ISBN-13:
9789027202413
ISBN-10:
9027202419
Author:
Anne Breitbarth, Lieven Danckaert, Miriam Bouzouita, Melissa Farasyn
Publication date:
2019
Publisher:
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format:
Hardcover
300 pages
Category:
Linguistics
,
Words, Language & Grammar
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The Determinants of Diachronic Stability (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today) (ISBN-13: 9789027202413 and ISBN-10: 9027202419), written by authors
Anne Breitbarth, Lieven Danckaert, Miriam Bouzouita, Melissa Farasyn, was published by John Benjamins Publishing Company in 2019.
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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.
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