Aspects of Linguistic Variation / / edited by Daniël Van Olmen [and three others].

"Linguistic variation is a topic of ongoing interest to the field. Its description and its explanations continue to intrigue scholars from many different backgrounds. By taking a deliberately broad perspective on the matter, covering not only crosslinguistic and diachronic but also intralinguis...

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Superior document:Trends in linguistics ; 324
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton,, [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 324.
Physical Description:1 online resource (278 pages) :; illustrations.
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Summary:"Linguistic variation is a topic of ongoing interest to the field. Its description and its explanations continue to intrigue scholars from many different backgrounds. By taking a deliberately broad perspective on the matter, covering not only crosslinguistic and diachronic but also intralinguistic and interspeaker variation and examining phenomena ranging from negation over connectives to definite articles in well- and lesser-known languages, the volume furthers our understanding of variation in general. The papers offer new insights into, among other things, the theoretical notion of comparative concepts, the social or mental nature of language structure, the areal factor in lexical typology and the diachronic implications of semantic maps. The collection will thus be of relevance to typologists and historical linguists, as well as to people studying variation within the areas of cognitive and functional linguistics." --
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
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Statement of Responsibility: edited by Daniël Van Olmen [and three others].