Ole Nedergaard Thomsen

List of John Benjamins publications in which Ole Nedergaard Thomsen is involved.

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Competing Models of Linguistic Change: Evolution and beyond

Edited by Ole Nedergaard Thomsen

The articles of this volume are centered around two competing views on language change originally presented at the 2003 International Conference on Historical Linguistics in the two important plenary papers by Henning Andersen and William Croft. The latter proposes an evolutionary model of language… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 279] 2006. vi, 344 pp.

Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole 2019 Induction and tradition: “As time goes by …” – Play it again! Perspectives on Language Structure and Language Change: Studies in honor of Henning Andersen, Heltoft, Lars, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler (eds.), pp. 35–79 | Chapter

This contribution takes Henning Andersen’s model of linguistic change as a logical starting point. In addition to his use of Abduction and Deduction, I suggest that Induction plays an important role as well, since it represents Conventionalization. All three types of reasoning are subsumed under… read more

Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole 2006 Towards an integrated functional-pragmatic theory of language and language change: In commemoration of Eugenio Coseriu (1921–2002) Competing Models of Linguistic Change: Evolution and beyond, Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole (ed.), pp. 307–337 | Article

Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole 2006 Introduction Competing Models of Linguistic Change: Evolution and beyond, Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole (ed.), pp. 1–15 | Miscellaneous

Harder, Peter, Lars Heltoft and Ole Nedergaard Thomsen 1996 Danish directional adverbs: Content syntax and complex predicates — a case for host and co-predicates Content, Expression and Structure: Studies in Danish functional grammar, Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth, Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Heltoft and Lisbeth Falster Jakobsen (eds.), pp. 159–198 | Article

Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole 1994 Dyirbal Ergativity and Embedding: A Functional-Pragmatic Approach Studies in Language 18:2, pp. 411–488 | Article

The present paper* deals with the important phenomena ergativity and embedding in the aboriginal Australian language Dyirbal. Embedding and ergativity are intimately connected in the syntax of Dyirbal. This motivates the composite theme of my paper. Ergativity, Dyirbal, and embedding are… read more

Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole 1992 Unit Accentuation as an Expression Device for Predicate Formation. The Case of Syntactic Noun Incorporation in Danish Layered Structure and Reference in a Functional Perspective: Papers from the Functional Grammar Conference, Copenhagen, 1990, Fortescue, Michael, Peter Harder and Lars Kristoffersen (eds.), pp. 173–230 | Article