In:Linguistic Variables: Towards a unified theory of linguistic variation
Hans-Heinrich Lieb
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 108] 1993
► pp. ix–xiv
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Published online: 15 September 1993
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.108.toc
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Table of contents
On this bookv
I. Orientation
1. Linguistic variables3
2. Major approaches to linguistic variation13
3. An overview of syntactic variation studies23
II. Setting the stage
4. The diachronic perspective33
5. Basic ideas45
6. In defense of variety structures: the problem of idiolects51
7. In defense of variety structures: classification systems57
8. The variety structure of a historical language: overview63
III. A theory of language varieties
9. Variety structures as classification systems77
10. External criteria93
11. System-based criteria101
12. Language, varieties, idiolects115
13. Varieties and idiolect systems125
IV. Integrating the component approach
14. Variants and variables135
15. Reconstructions: Chomsky and Seiler147
16. On the conception of evaluation grammars157
17. Evaluation grammars, variable rules, and lingustic variables165
18. Solving the integration problem177
V. Extensions
19. Going beyond varieties187
20. Grammars and their terminology203
21. Grammatical statements219
Bibliography235
Index of names245
Index of subjects and terms248
List of symbols and abbreviations259
