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Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Stanford, March 26–30 1979
The studies in this volume are revised versions of a selection from the papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, held at Stanford University on 26–30 March 1979. Papers at this conference, and in this volume, treat aspects of all current topics in historical linguistics, including topics that are only recently considered relevant, such as acquisition, structure, and language use.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 14] 1980. x, 437 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 10 October 2011
Published online on 10 October 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments | pp. v–5
- preface | pp. 1–6
- Typology as instigator and regulator of linguistic changeEugene Holman | pp. 7–16
- Explaining universals and their exceptionsLyle Campbell | pp. 17–26
- Continuity of transmission and genetic relationshipSarah G. Thomason | pp. 27–35
- Chance cognition: A probabilistic model and decision procedure for historical inferenceJohn S. Justeson and Laurence D. Stephens | pp. 37–45
- Redundancy as explanation in historical linguisticsWilliam M. Christie | pp. 47–51
- The structure of meaning in semiotic perspectiveMichael Shapiro | pp. 53–59
- Pragmatic and sociolinguitsic bias in semantic changeFlora Klein-Andreu | pp. 61–74
- The marking of definiteness: A diachronic perspectiveMartin B. Harris | pp. 75–86
- A functional approach to syntactic reconstructionMarianne Mithun | pp. 87–96
- Implications of pre-complementizers with hittite šak-/šek- ‘know’Carol F. Justus | pp. 97–106
- On word order in irishAnders Ahlqvist | pp. 107–113
- Marked and unmarked word order in old norseMarit Christoffersen | pp. 115–121
- An analysis of the rise of SOV patterns in dutchMarinel Gerritsen | pp. 123–136
- Developments in the dutch left-dislocation structures and the verb-second constraintFrank Jansen | pp. 137–149
- from passive too active in kurdish via the ergative constructionTheodora Bynon | pp. 151–163
- On the loss of a rule of syntaxAlice C. Harris | pp. 165–171
- The development of accusative-infinitive constructionsW.J. Pepicello | pp. 175–182
- Syntactic diffusionMario Saltarelli | pp. 183–191
- infinitival complements to verbs of motion in ontarian and quebec frenchMichael Canale, Raymond Mougeon and Édouard Beniak | pp. 193–198
- Verb compounds in greek: the elimination of a transformational ruleGeoffrey C. Horrocks | pp. 199–209
- The role of perception in restructuring and relexicalization: two case historiesRobert K. Herbert | pp. 211–220
- the evolution of cliticsRobert J. Jeffers and Arnold M. Zwicky | pp. 221–231
- Circumfixes and typological changeJoseph H. Greenberg | pp. 233–241
- On the decline of declensional systems: the overall loss of OE nominal case inflections and the ME reanalysis of — es as hisRichard D. Janda | pp. 243–252
- Conditions on object marking: stages in the history of the east slavic Genitive-accusativeEmily Klenin | pp. 253–257
- Reduction of case markers in Lithuanian: data for discussionJanine K. Reklaitis | pp. 259–271
- Analogy and inflectional affix replacementMax W. Wheeler | pp. 273–283
- Russian conjugation: Acquisition and evolutive changeHenning Andersen | pp. 285–301
- Sound change and child languageMarilyn Vihman | pp. 303–320
- The fluctuating intensity of a ‘sound law’Yakov Malkiel | pp. 321–330
- Linguistic reasons for phonetic archaisms in romanceRoger Wright | pp. 331–337
- Early intervocalic voicing in tuscanDieter Wanner and Thomas D. Cravens | pp. 339–347
- The transition problem: lexical diffusion vs. variable rulesJohn Reighard | pp. 349–354
- Lexical alternation and the history of english: evidence from an urban vernacularJames Milroy | pp. 355–362
- Pragmatic features and phonological changeMartha Laferriere | pp. 363–369
- Tonal accents in basque and greekAlice Wyland Grundt | pp. 371–379
- Acquisition and development of “gastarbeiterdeutsch” by migrant workers and their children in germanyCarol W. Pfaff | pp. 381–395
- Pidginization and foreigner talk: chinese pidgin russianJohanna Nichols | pp. 397–407
- Concluding statementPaul Kiparsky | pp. 409–417
- Index of names | pp. 419–428
- Index of languages | pp. 429–432
- Index of subject matter | pp. 433–437
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