Historical Linguistics 2001 : Selected Papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 13-17 August 2001 / edited by Barry J. Blake, Kate Burridge ; Editorial Assistant, Jo Taylor.

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International Conference on Historical Linguistics (15th : 2001 : Melbourne, Vic.)

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International Conference on Historical Linguistics (15th : 2001 : Melbourne, Vic.)

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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2003.

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1 online resource (viii, 442 pages).

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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, v. 237

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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 2001; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Contributors' addresses; Preface; Language contact and language change in Amazonia; Grammaticalization and the historical development of the genitive in Mainland Scandinavian; Beyond the comparative method?; The transition from early to modern Portuguese; Isomorphism and language change; From purposive/future to present; The formation of periphrastic perfects and passives in Europe; The grammaticalization of movement; Paths of development for modal meanings; On degrammaticalization.

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2003

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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2003.

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This is a selection of papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held in Melbourne 13-17 August 2001, hosted by the Linguistics Program at La Trobe University. The papers range from the general theoretical to the study of particular languages and embrace most areas of linguistics, particularly morpho-syntax.

Alexandra Y. AikhenvaldJohn Ole AskedalLyle CampbellMaria José CarvalhoC. Jac ConradieAlan DenchBridget DrinkaJan Terje FaarlundHannele ForsbergBernd HeinePatrick HoneyboneRichard D. Janda; Brian D. JosephEva Skafte JensenRitsuko KikusawaHarold KochLau Chun-fatMaria M. ManoliuFuyo OsawaHeli PekkarinenNicholas RiemerElke Ronneberger-SiboldKim SchulteMichael SchulteGjertrud F. StenbrendenPieter Reenen; Anke Jongkind

1 Contributor's addresses	p. vii
2 Preface	p. ix
3 Language contact and language change in Amazonia	p. 1
4 Grammaticalization and the historical development of the genitive in Mainland Scandinavian	p. 21
5 Beyond the comparative method?	p. 33
6 The\transition from early to modern Portuguese	p. 59
7 Isomorphism and language change	p. 71
8 From purposive/future to present	p. 87
9 The\formation of periphrastic perfects and passives in Europe	p. 105
10 The\grammaticalization of movement	p. 129
11 Paths of development for modal meanings	p. 143
12 On degrammaticalization	p. 163
13 Process inhibition in historical phonology	p. 181
14 Reconsidering the canons of sound-change	p. 205
15 Case in Middle Danish	p. 221
16 The\development of some Indonesian pronominal systems	p. 237
17 Morphological reconstruction as an etymological method	p. 271
18 Labovian principles of vowel shifting revisited	p. 293
19 Conventional implicature and language change	p. 303
20 The\rise of IPs in the History of English	p. 321
21 From subject to object	p. 339
22 Meaning change in verbs	p. 351
23 Borrowing as a tool for grammatical optimization in the history of German brand names	p. 363
24 Pragmatic relevance as cause for syntactic change	p. 377
25 Early Nordic language history and modern runology	p. 391
26 On the interpretation of early evidence for ME vowel-change	p. 403
27 On the reflexes of Proto-Germanic ai	p. 417
28 Index	p. 431

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