Variation and reconstruction

by Cravens, Thomas D.

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Full title :Variation and reconstruction / edited by Thomas D. Cravens

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Publication Date:2006

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Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006

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Mary K. Niepokuj: Variation and reconstruction : Introduction. Thomas D. Cravens: Microvariability in time and space : reconstructing the past from the present. Steven R. Geiger & Joseph C. Salmons: Reconstructing variation at shallow time depths : the historical phonetics of 19th century German dialects in the U.S. Emily L. Goss & Robert B. Howell: Social and structural factors in the development of Dutch urban dialects in the Early Modern period. Ray Harris-Northall: Reduction of variation as a feature of the standardization of Castilian Spanish around 1500. Brian D. Joseph: On projecting variation back into a proto-language, with particular attention to Germanic evidence and some thoughts on "drift".

Cynthia L. Miller: Variation of direct speech complementizisers in Achaemenid Aramaic documents from 5th century B.C.E. Egypt. James Milroy: Language change and the speaker: on the discourse of historical linguistics. Martha Ratliff: Prefix variations and reconstruction . Poul T. Roberge: On reconstructing a linguistic continuum in Cape Dutch (1710-1840). Frederick W. Schwink: the reconstruction of variability in Proto-Germanic gender. Graham Thurgood: variation as a reflection of contact: notes from Southeast Asia. Index of concepts and languages

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Description:223 s

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ISBN:902724782X, 9789027247827
oclc:ocn474988952
LC Classification:P120.V37
Dewey Decimal:417.2

Mary K. Niepokuj: Variation and reconstruction : Introduction -- Thomas D. Cravens: Microvariability in time and space : reconstructing the past from the present -- Steven R. Geiger & Joseph C. Salmons: Reconstructing variation at shallow time depths : the historical phonetics of 19th century German dialects in the U.S. Emily L. Goss & Robert B. Howell: Social and structural factors in the development of Dutch urban dialects in the Early Modern period -- Ray Harris-Northall: Reduction of variation as a feature of the standardization of Castilian Spanish around 1500. Brian D. Joseph: On projecting variation back into a proto-language, with particular attention to Germanic evidence and some thoughts on "drift".

Cynthia L. Miller: Variation of direct speech complementizisers in Achaemenid Aramaic documents from 5th century B.C.E. Egypt -- James Milroy: Language change and the speaker: on the discourse of historical linguistics -- Martha Ratliff: Prefix variations and reconstruction . Poul T. Roberge: On reconstructing a linguistic continuum in Cape Dutch (1710-1840). Frederick W. Schwink: the reconstruction of variability in Proto-Germanic gender -- Graham Thurgood: variation as a r…