Table of contents
I: General considerations of language change
The non-linear nature of diachronic change
Explanations, or…? Some metatheoretical reflections on a prevalent tradition within historical linguistics
Quantifying the functional load of phonemic oppositions, distinctive features, and suprasegmentals
II: The concept of ‘evolution’ as an explanatory model of language change: Pro et contra synchrony, diachrony, and evolution
Synchrony, Diachrony, and Evolution
The relevance of an evolutionary model to historical linguistics
III: Functional factors in ‘evolution’: Functional motivation of selection
Grammaticalization of indirect object cross-reference in Spanish as a case of drift
The role of functional factors in language change: An evolutionary approach
Computational modelling of prototypicality in language change: Neutralization to schwa, default logic, and the history of the German noun
IV: Cognitive perspectives on semantico-syntactic change: Mental Grammar, Cognitive Grammar, and Dynamic Syntax
From propositional syntax in Old Russian to situational syntax in Modern Russian
Construal operations in semantic change: The case of abstract nouns
Clitic Placement in Old and Modern Spanish: A Dynamic Account
V: Grammaticalization studies: Content and evolution
Grammaticalisation as content reanalysis: The modal character of the Danish s-passive
Aspect and animacy in the history of Russian: Developing the idea of parallel grammaticalization
VI: Towards an integrated functional-pragmatic theory of language and language change
Towards an integrated functional-pragmatic theory of language and language change: In commemoration of Eugenio Coseriu (1921–2002)
Index
Contributors
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