Continuity and change in grammar

dc.contributor.author	Breitbarth, Anne	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2018-04-18T01:52:44Z
dc.date.available	2018-04-18T01:52:44Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9789027288073	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9027288070	en_US
dc.identifier.other	HPU5161332	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://lib.hpu.edu.vn/handle/123456789/30383
dc.description.abstract	One of the principal challenges of historical linguistics is to explain the causes of language change. Any such explanation, however, must also address the 'actuation problem': why is it that changes occurring in a given language at a certain time cannot be reliably predicted to recur in other languages, under apparently similar conditions? The sixteen contributions to the present volume each aim to elucidate various aspects of this problem, including: What processes can be identified as the drivers of change? How central are syntax-external (phonological, lexical or contact-based) factors in	en_US
dc.format.extent	368 p.	en_US
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	John Benjamins Pub Co	en_US
dc.subject	Continuity	en_US
dc.subject	Change	en_US
dc.subject	Grammar	en_US
dc.subject	Linguistics	en_US
dc.title	Continuity and change in grammar	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
dc.size	6,820 KB	en_US
dc.department	Sociology	en_US