Functional Explanations in Linguistics

Editor

Alain Bossuyt | Free University of Brussels

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ISBN 9789027226617 (Eur) | EUR 68.00

ISBN 9781588111326 (USA) | USD 102.00

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| EUR 58.00

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Published online on 18 February 2013

Table of Contents

Introduction Alain Bossuyt	7–10
On the Notion "Functional Explanation" Simon C. Dik	11–52
On Functional Explanations of Language Change, Universals and Rules Michel Kefer	53–66
Functional Explanations in Diachronic Semantics Dirk Geeraerts	67–93
Word Order Universals Revisited: The Principle of Head Proximity Jan Rijkhoff	95–125
Functional Requirements: Causes or Constraints upon Language Change? Alain Bossuyt	127–147
Modern Dutch could be Middle Dutcher than you Think (And Vice Versa) Fred Weerman	149–170
On Certain Formal Properties of Dik's Functional Grammar Philip H. Miller	171–221
What Formalists Seem not to Understand About Functionalism: A Rejoinder to P. Miller Jan Nuyts	223–237
A Functional Approach to Presupposition: Pulling the Plug on Holes and Filters Paul Werth	239–279
Summaries – Résumés – Samenvattingen	281–285

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