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Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation
In honor of Scott DeLancey
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Edited by:
Tim Thornes
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English
Published/Copyright:
2013
About this book
Contributions from both well-known practitioners and new voices in the areas of language typology, historical linguistics, and function-based approaches to language description define this volume, as does its foci in two major geographical areas — southeast Asia and northwestern North America. All of the papers appeal, in one way or another, to functional-historical approaches to explanation. Behind this appeal lies an assumption that languages are selective in their development in ways that are dependent upon the communicative tasks to which they are put. As such, language function accounts for both variation and historical development over time.
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Part I. Typological studies
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Zygmunt Frajzyngier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Claude Hagège Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Part II. Contributions to historical linguistics
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George L. van Driem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Regular and sporadic l/d interchange in Sino-Tibetan and elsewhere James A. Matisoff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Part III. TAME and case alignment
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Historical origins and functional motivation Mark W. Post Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Virginia Beavert and Joana Jansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Part IV. Multi-clause constructions
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Converbs, clause-chains and verb serialization Gwendolyn Hyslop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Tam Nguyen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Carol Genetti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Part V. Functional motivation and extension
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A Pear Story Study of information status, thematic role and animacy in Meithei (Manipuri, Meiteiron) Shobhana L. Chelliah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Tim Thornes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Doris L. Payne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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July 15, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9789027271976
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294
eBook ISBN:
9789027271976
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Professional and scholarly;
