Language Change and Functional Explanations / / ed. by Jadranka Gvozdanovic.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bauer, Brigitte L.M.,; Bree, Cor van,; Dressler, Wolfgang U.,; Eliasson, Stig,; García, Erica,; Gvozdanović, Jadranka,; Haverkate, Henk,; Hengeveld, Kees,; Keller, Rudi,; Reenen, Peter van,; Vries, Lourens de,; Wanders, Gerry,
• HerausgeberIn: Gvozdanovic, Jadranka,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 98
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Other title: I-X --; Introduction --; Functional and cognitive aspects of change --; In what sense can explanations of language change be functional? --; Grasping the invisible hand --; The cognitive calculus and its function in language --; Tracing the origin of a change --; The rise of switch-reference in the Awyu languages of Irian Jaya --; Linguistic activity and change --; “Scenario” as a concept for the functional explanation of language change --; Changes in diminutive formation in the eastern Dutch dialect of Twente --; Reformed versus Catholic: the origins of the [hu:s]/[hy:s] isogloss in eastern Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century --; Indirectness in speech acts from a diachronic perspective: some evolutionary aspects of rhetorical questions in Spanish dialogue --; Typology and language change --; On the use of subjunctive and indicative verb-forms in adverbial clauses --; Nominal syntax in Italic: a diachronic perspective --; Index of subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110813753; 9783110636895
• ISSN: 1861-4302
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110813753
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jadranka Gvozdanovic.