Linguistic variables : towards a unified theory of linguistic variation / Hans-Heinrich Lieb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lieb, Hans-Heinrich.

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 108.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book for the first time reconstructs in a single theoretical framework the more important approaches to linguistic variation found in areas as different as historical linguistics, dialectology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, stylistics, contrastive linguistics, language typology, so-called evaluation grammar, and current Chomskyan generative grammar (generally with an emphasis on syntax). The book concentrates on language-internal variation but also analyses typological research and considers the question of how linguistic descriptions may account for variation both within and betwe

Contents:

pt. 1. Orientation

pt. 2. Setting the stage

pt. 3. A theory of language varieties

pt. 4. Integrating the component approach

pt. 5. Extensions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-244) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31581-5

9786613315816

90-272-7703-6

OCLC:

631687708