Aspects of Linguistic Variation

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-11-060795-6
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 584 g

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Linguistic variation is a topic of ongoing interest to the field. Its description and its explanations continue to intrigue scholars from many different backgrounds. By taking a deliberately broad perspective on the matter, covering not only crosslinguistic and diachronic but also intralinguistic and interspeaker variation and examining phenomena ranging from negation over connectives to definite articles in well- and lesser-known languages, the volume furthers our understanding of variation in general. The papers offer new insights into, among other things, the theoretical notion of comparative concepts, the social or mental nature of language structure, the areal factor in lexical typology and the diachronic implications of semantic maps. The collection will thus be of relevance to typologists and historical linguists, as well as to people studying variation within the areas of cognitive and functional linguistics.

Zielgruppe

Scholars of Cognitive Linguistics, Functional Linguistics, Histor

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olmen, Daniël

Olmen, Daniël van

Brisard, Frank

Mortelmans, Tanja

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Daniël Van Olmen, Lancaster University, UK;Tanja Mortelmans & Frank Brisard, University of Antwerp, Belgium.