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Papers from the 3rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics [electronic resource]

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The papers in this volume are a selection from those presented at the 3rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL), held in 1977 at the University of Hamburg. These selected papers deal with a wide variety of issues, some from a more general-theoretical perspective, some deriving new theoretical insights from language data ranging from Ojibwa to Old-Saxon.

Title Papers from the 3rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics [electronic resource] / edited by J. Peter Maher, Allan R. Bomhard and E.F. Konrad Koerner.
Additional Titles Papers from the Third International Conference on Historical Linguistics.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Amsterdam : J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
Creation Date 1982
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
English
Content PAPERS from the 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
PREFACE
PROGRAM OF III.=3.ICHL
Table of contents
SYNCHRONIC, DIACHRONIC, AND PANCHRONIC LINGUISTICS
NOTE:
REFERENCES:
THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN DIACHRONIC LINGUISTICS AND DIALECTOLOGY: SOME REFINEMENTS OF TRUDGILLS FORMULA
0. ABSTRACT
1. DIALECT BORROWING AS A MEANS OF LANGUAGE CHANGE
2. CRITICISM OF DIALECT BORROWING AS AN EXPLANATION OF LANGUAGE CHANGE
3. TRUDGILL'S FORMULA
4. TESTING TRUDGILL'S FORMULA: THE INFLUENCE OF THE DIALECT OF AMSTERDAM ON THE DIALECTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD5. FINAL REMARKS
NOTES :
REFERENCES :
DEVELOPMENT OF TONES IN LANGUAGES WITH DISTINCTIVE TONAL ACCENTS
NOTES:
DIACHRONY IN SYNCHRONY
0. SYNCHRONY AND DIACHRONY DEFINED
1. EARLIEST EVIDENCE
2. 19TH CENTURY HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS
3. PHILOLOGISTS
4. TRADITIONAL DIALECTOLOGISTS
5. TRADITIONAL GRAMMARIANS
6. STRUCTURALISTS
7. T.G. LINGUISTS
8. SOCIOLINGUISTS
9. VARIATIONISTS
10. PRESCRIPTIVISTS
11. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
DETERMINISM IN LINGUISTICS: NEOGRAMMARIAN AND TRANSFORMATIONALISTREFERENCES:
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF TONE PATTERNS
INTRODUCTION
TONAL DEVELOPMENT DUE TO CONSONANTAL INFLUENCE
TONAL DEVELOPMENT AND VOWELS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM TELEOLOGY IN LINGUISTIC CHANGE
1. PRELIMINARY REMARKS
2. A JUSTIFICATION OF TELEOLOGY
3. TERMINOLOGICAL CLARIFICATIONS
4. THE GOAL OF SHORT-TERM TELEOLOGICAL CHANGE
5. SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE OVER-ALL LINGUISTIC SYSTEM
6. TELEOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF SHORT-TERM CHANGE
7. THE INDIVIDUAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL VERSION OF THE TELEOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONOF SHORT-TERM CHANGE EQUALS RATIONAL EXPLANATION8. LONG-TERM TELEOLOGICAL CHANGE OR DRIFT
9. EXAMPLES
A. Phonology and Morphology
10. A COMPARISON WITH ANDERSEN'S (1974) TYPOLOGY OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE
11. CONCLUDING REMARK
SOUND CHANGE AND PERCEPTUAL COMPENSATION
THE NEOGRAMMARIAN DOCTRINE: BREAKTHROUGH OR EXTENSION OF THE SCHLEICHERIAN PARADIGM A PROBLEM IN LINGUISTIC HISTORIOGRAPHY
1.0 The Problem Defined
2.0 Theoretical Presuppositions
3.0 Considerations for the Historical Argument4.0 'Schleicherian Paradigm' vs 'Neogrammarian Breakthrough'
5.0 Concluding Remarks
NOTES
REFERENCES
OBSERVATIONS ON THE SOURCES, TRANSMISSION, AND MEANING OF 'INDO-EUROPEAN' AND RELATED TERMS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LINGUISTICS
1.0 Notes on the development of the concept of 'Indo-European'
2.0 On the origin of 'Indo-European'
3.0 On the origin of 'Indo-Germanic '
4.0 On the origin, uses and abuses of 'Aryan'
SEMANTIC INVESTITURE OF UNDERSPECIFIED UNITS IN SYNTAX
1. THE ""PROBLEM"": INFINITIVAL POSTMODIFIERS
Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763
v. 13
Extent 1 online resource (450 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010706035605171
MARC RECORDS

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