Markedness, causation, and linguistic change: A semiotic perspective

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Position paper: Markedness and the theory of change 21
6. Patterns of restitution of sound change 59
7. The role of markedness in the actuation and actualization of linguistic change 79
8. On the actualization of the passive-to-ergative shift in Pre-Islamic India 95
9. The use of address pronouns in Early Modern English 119
10. Actualization patterns in grammaticalization: From clause to locative morphology in Northern Iroquoian 143
11. From Latin to Modern French: Actualization and markedness 169
12. Markedness, causation, and linguistic change: A semiotic perspective 187
13. Markedness, functionality, and perseveration in the actualization of a morphosyntactic change 203
14. Actualization and the (uni)directionality of change 225
15. General Index 249