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ISBN-10
3110188732
ISBN-13
9783110188738
Edition
Reprint 2011
Publisher
De Gruyter
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De Gruyter Mouton
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 19th, 2006
Print length
345 Pages
Weight
623 grams
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Grammar, syntax & morphologyGrammar, syntax and morphology
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This study demonstrates how historical linguistics regains a central role for the understanding of language as soon as the artificial distinction between synchrony and diachrony is abandoned.
This study demonstrates how historical linguistics regains a central role for the understanding of language as soon as the artificial distinction between synchrony and diachrony is abandoned. The author systematically explores the potential of the concept of analogy within the new framework of "Soft Syntax," illustrating his analysis with numerous examples from the history of the Romance languages. He shows that the openness of analogy allows historical linguistics to improve on old problems and to ask new questions about language change.
"The Power of Analogy. An Essay on Historical Linguistics is an important contribution to thinking about language change. It sets out a theory which unifies synchrony and diachrony in ways which diminish the usual barriers between them. [...] it is highly recommended."
Margaret E. Winters in: Studies in Language 4/2008
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