Index

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. The dialect laboratory 1
4. The evolutionary-emergence model of language change 33
5. Dialect data, lexical frequency and the usage-based approach 53
6. Dialect areas and linguistic change 73
7. The role of implicational universals in language change 107
8. On the genesis of the German recipient passive – Two competing hypotheses in the light of current dialect data 121
9. Paths to tone in the Tamang branch of Tibeto-Burman (Nepal) 139
10. Dialect choice in Fiji 179
11. When diachrony meets synchrony. 197
12. Geolinguistic data and the past tense debate 227
13. Tense and aspect systems of Western and Eastern dialects in Japan 249
14. The rise of DP-internal possessors 271
15. Index 295