Papers from the VIth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Poznań, 22–26 August 1983
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This volume presents a selection of papers from the 6th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL), which was held in 1983, in Poznań, Poland.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 34] 1985. xxiii, 622 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. ix
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List of participants | p. xi
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Conference programme | p. xvii
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Divergence and convergence in linguistic evolutionHenrik Birnbaum | p. 1
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Areal linguistics and its implications for historical linguisticsLyle Campbell | p. 25
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Paradigm economy in Latin nounsAndrew D. Carstairs-McCarthy | p. 57
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Ablaut: a phoenix in the history of AfrikaansC. Jac Conradie | p. 71
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An analysis and synthesis in sound changeAndrei Danchev | p. 83
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On the diachrony of subtractive poerations: evidence for semiotically based models of natural phonology and natural morphology from northern anatolien greek dialectsWolfgang U. Dressler and Veneeta Acson | p. 105
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Did old English have a middle voice?Thomas H.K. Fraser | p. 129
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The vowel /a:/ in EnglishHubert Gburek | p. 139
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Framing the linguistic actions scene in Old and Present-day English: CWEþAN, SECGAN, SP(R)ECAN and Present-day English SPEAK, TALK, SAY and TELL comparedLouis Goossens | p. 149
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Lexical restructuring: rule loss versus rule intersection; evidence from ItalianRita de Grandis | p. 171
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Theories of sound change fail if they try predict too muchJadranka Gvozdanović | p. 183
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Chance and necessity in diachronic syntax — word order typologies and the position of modern Persian relative clausesHubert Haider | p. 199
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Umlaut as a harmony processCamiel S.J.N. Hamans | p. 217
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Divergent patterns of word prder in contemporary FrenchMartin B. Harris | p. 235
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Articulatory modes and typological universals: the puzzle of Bantu ejectives ans aspiratesRobert K. Herbert | p. 251
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Velar segments in Old English and Old IrishRaymond Hickey | p. 267
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On the semasiologization of phonological rules: the semiotic evolution of Finnish consonant gradationEugene Holman | p. 281
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Another explanation for the development of s before l in NorwegianErnst Håkon Jahr | p. 291
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Wilhelm Scherer’s Zur geschichte der deutschen Sprache: a milestone in 19th-century linguisticsKurt R. Jankowsky | p. 301
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Proto-Indo-European consonantism: methodological and further typological concernsBrian D. Joseph | p. 313
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The place of Saussure’s Memoire in the development of historical linguisticsE.F.K. Koerner | p. 323
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Indo-European numerals and the sexagesimal systemWitold Mańczak | p. 347
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Absolute versus relative comparison: typology and developmentThomas Markey | p. 353
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Diachronic morphologization: the circumstances surrounding the birth, growth and decline of noun incorporationMarianne Mithun | p. 365
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For a diachrony-in-synchrony analysisRuta Nagucka | p. 394
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On the possible clusters of mb, nd, and ŋg in Proto- JapaneseFred C.C. Peng | p. 409
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Are there dysfunctional changes?Anna Giacalone Ramat | p. 427
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The Indo-European origin of the Balti Slavic — ē — and — a- preteriteJens Elmegård Rasmussen | p. 441
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Variability in word formation patterns and productivity in the American SouthEdgar W. Schneider | p. 467
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Rule ordering and the dynamics of diatopic language variationJohan Taeldeman | p. 489
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Le développement d’un auxiliaire modal en yiddish: lozn ‘laiser’Moshe Taube | p. 499
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Confrontation and associationElizabeth Closs Traugott | p. 515
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The bifurcation theory of the Germanic and German consonant shifts: synopsis and some further thoughtsTheo Vennemann | p. 527
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Prosodic structures and the development of French schwaS. Paul Verluyten | p. 549
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On the origins and developments of American EnglishWolfgang Viereck | p. 561
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Quelques problèmes des recherche étymologiques sur les emprunts lexicauxBogdan Walczak | p. 571
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Morphologische Natürlichkeit und morphologischer Wandel. Zur vorhersagbarkeit von sprachveranderüngenWolfgang Ullrich Wurzel | p. 587
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Anders Ahlqvist: Summing up | p. 601
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Index of languages | p. 607
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Index of names | p. 612
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