Actualization : linguistic change in progress / edited by Henning Andersen.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Andersen, Henning, 1934-

Conference Name:

International Conference on Historical Linguistics (14th : 1999 : Vancouver, B.C.)

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 219.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 219

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic change--Congresses.

Linguistic change.

Markedness (Linguistics)--Congresses.

Markedness (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of papers consolidates the observation that linguistic change typically is actualized step by step: any structural innovation being introduced, accepted, and generalized, over time, in one grammatical environment after another, in a progression that can be understood by reference to the markedness values and the ranking of the conditioning features. The Introduction to the volume and a chapter by Henning Andersen clarify the theoretical bases for this observation, which is exemplified and discussed in separate chapters by Kristin Bakken, Alexander Bergs and Dieter Stein, Vit Bubenik, Ulrich Busse, Marianne Mithun, Lene Schøsler, and John Charles Smith in the light of data from the histories of Norwegian, English, Hindi, Northern Iroquoian, and Romance. A final chapter by Michael Shapiro adds a philosophical perspective. The papers were first presented in a workshop on "Actualization Patterns in Linguistic Change" at the XIV International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, B.C. in 1999.

Contents:

Position paper : markedness and the theory of change / Henning Andersen

Patterns of restitution of sound change / Kristin Bakken

The role of markedness in the actuation and actualization of linguistic change / Alexander Bergs and Dieter Stein

On the actualization of the passive-to-ergative shift in pre-Islamic India / Vit Bubenik

The use of address pronouns in early modern English / Ulrich Busse

Actualization patterns in grammaticalization : from clause to locative morphology in Northern Iroquoian / Marianne Mithun

From Latin to modern French / Lene Schøsler

Markedness, causation, and linguistic change / Michael Shapiro

Markedness, functionality, and perseveration in the actualization of a morphosyntactic change / John Charles Smith

Actualization and the (uni)directionality of change / Henning Andersen.

Notes:

Papers from a workshop held at the 14th annual International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, B.C., 14 August, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613121554

9781283121552

1283121557

9789027284402

9027284407

OCLC:

742616295