The Power of Analogy : An Essay on Historical Linguistics.
Title:
The Power of Analogy : An Essay on Historical Linguistics.
Author:
Wanner, Dieter.
ISBN:
9783110919813
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (330 pages)
Series:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; v.170
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 0.1. The scenario -- 0.2. The prestige of historical linguistics -- 0.3. The limitations of historical linguistics -- 0.4. Goals of the essay -- 0.5. Plan of the study -- Part I -- Chapter 1. Diachrony: Positions and challenges -- 1.1. Proposals -- 1.2. Problematic aspects of historical linguistics -- 1.3. Language change -- Chapter 2. Domains in historical linguistics -- 2.1. Dimensions of diachrony -- 2.2. Philology broadly -- 2.3. Various formal proposals -- Chapter 3. Reintegrating diachrony: A critique of some theoretical constructs -- 3.1. Four polar notions -- 3.2. The immanent view -- 3.3. Innate and constructivist aspects -- 3.4. Communication and causation -- 3.5. The shape of language -- 3.6. Environmental dependence of language learning -- 3.7. Parameter setting as induction -- 3.8. The modeling of frequency -- 3.9. Conclusion: Language as the object of diachronic study -- Chapter 4. Critical issues: Grammaticality, representation, redundancy, and regularity -- 4.1. Types of grammaticality judgments -- 4.2. Grammaticality judgments as linguistic knowledge -- 4.3. Representation -- 4.4. Redundancy -- 4.5. Allocating computational resources -- 4.6. Regularity -- Part II -- Chapter 5. Analogy, categorization, and learning -- 5.1. Immanence and the linguistic individual -- 5.2. Learning -- 5.3. Analogy as an operative model -- 5.4. Analogy in diachrony -- 5.5. Change in social context -- 5.6. In brief -- Chapter 6. Soft Syntax -- 6.1. An overview of linguistic components -- 6.2. Major articulations and interfacing -- 6.3. The dimensions of Soft Syntax -- 6.4. Implementation of Soft Syntax dimensions -- 6.5. General considerations on parsimonious syntax representation -- Chapter 7. Pathways for diachronic shifts.
7.1. Change in primary components outside of syntax -- 7.2. Syntactic dimensions and change -- 7.3. More on change -- 7.4. Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Conclusions -- 8.1. Reaching a higher level -- 8.2. The essential ingredients -- 8.3. Computational resources -- 8.4. Modeling historical change -- 8.5. Time and society -- 8.6. Soft Syntax -- 8.7. Concentrating on broader forms: Languages -- 8.8. Envoi -- Notes -- References -- Index of names -- Subject index.
Abstract:
The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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