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In:Explanation and Linguistic Change
Edited by Willem F. Koopman, Frederike van der Leek, Olga Fischer and Roger Eaton
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 45] 1987
► pp. vii–viii

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Published online: 1 January 1986
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Table of contents

Prefacev
Introduction1
The Language lifegame: Prediction, Explanation and linguistic change11
Headless relatives in the history of Dutch33
Modern Dutch could be middle Dutcher than you think (and vica versa)55
A brief reply to Mr. Weerman77
A ‘case’ for the Old English impersonal79
Requisites for reinterpretation121
Language, speakers, history and drift151
Number neutralization in old English: failure of functionalism?177
The status of the functional approach239
On sh*tting the door in modern English: A reply to Professor Samuels251
A brief rejoinder to Professor Lass257
‘Explanation’ by Linguistic maps259
Old English dialects: What’s to explain; what’s an explanation?275
Subject index295
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