Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation
In honor of Scott DeLancey
Editors
| Boise State University
| SIL International
| Australian National University
| University of Oregon
Contributions from both well-known practitioners and new voices in the areas of language typology, historical linguistics, and function-based approaches to language description define this volume, as does its foci in two major geographical areas — southeast Asia and northwestern North America. All of the papers appeal, in one way or another, to functional-historical approaches to explanation. Behind this appeal lies an assumption that languages are selective in their development in ways that are dependent upon the communicative tasks to which they are put. As such, language function accounts for both variation and historical development over time.
[Typological Studies in Language, 103] 2013. xviii, 294 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
Introduction
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ix–viii
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Part I. Typological studies
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3–26
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27–42
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43–66
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Part II. Contributions to historical linguistics
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69–82
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83–104
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Part III. TAME and case alignment
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107–130
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131–152
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Part IV. Multi-clause constructions
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155–178
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179–194
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195–220
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Part V. Functional motivation and extension
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223–236
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237–258
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259–282
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Name index
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283–286
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Language index
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287–290
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Subject index
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291–294
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Subjects
BIC Subject: CFF – Historical & comparative linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General