Language Change and Language Structure:
โ Toril Swan, Endre Ma Rck, Olaf Jansen
๐ Library
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2010
๐ De Gruyter Mouton
๐ English
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Perspectives on Language Structure and Language Change
โ Scribed by Lars Heltoft; Ivรกn Igartua; Brian D. Joseph; Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh; Lene Schรธsler
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- John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 431
- Series
- Current Issues in Linguistic Theory Ser.
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
This volume centers on three important theoretical concepts for the study of language change and the ways in which language structure emerges and turns into new structure: reanalysis, actualization, and indexicality. Reanalysis is a part of ongoing everyday language use, a process through which language is reproduced and changed. Actualization refers to the processes through which a reanalyzed structure spreads throughout single communities and society. Indexicality covers the way in which parts of a linguistic system can point to other parts of the system, both syntagmatically and paradigmatically. The inclusion of indexicality leads to fine-grained analysis in morphology, word order, and constructional syntax.
โฆ Subjects
Grammar, Comparative and general-Grammaticalization.
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