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Author:   Jeff Good (, University at Buffalo)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.583kg
ISBN:  

9780199228997

ISBN 10:   019922899
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   24 January 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Jeff Good: Introduction Part I Universals and Change: General Perspectives 2: Paul Kiparsky: Universals Constrain Change; Change Results in Typological Generalizations 3: Alice C. Harris: On the Explanation of Typologically Unusual Structures Part II Phonological Universals: Variation, Change, and Structure 4: Juliette Blevins: Consonant Epenthesis: Natural and Unnatural Histories 5: Joan L. Bybee: Formal Universals as Emergent Phenomena: The Origins of Structure Preservation Part III Morphological Relationships: The Shape of Paradigms 6: Andrew Garrett: Paradigmatic Uniformity and Markedness 7: Adam Albright: Explaining Universal Tendencies and Language Particulars in Analogical Change Part IV Morphosyntactic Patterns: The Form of Grammatical Markers 8: Martin Haspelmath: Creating Economical Morphosyntactic Patterns in Language Change 9: Tania Kuteva and Bernd Heine: On the Explanatory Value of Grammaticalization Part V Phrase Structure: Modelling the Development of Syntactic Constructions 10: John Whitman: The Classification of Constituent Order Generalizations and Diachronic Explanation 11: Paul J. Hopper: Emergent Serialization in English: Pragmatics and Typology Part VI Conclusion 12: Johanna Nichols: Universals and Diachrony: Some Observations References Index

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...rich insightful theoretical interpretation, along with extensive examination of data and sophisticated statistical analysis. It is also cleverly organized and rigorously edited... Linguistic Universals and Language Change is undoubtedly required reading for anyone interested in linguistic typology and universals, language change and historical linguistics. Susan Lixia Cheng, Linguistics an excellent addition to the literature on universals and language change. B. Richard Page, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik

...rich insightful theoretical interpretation, along with extensive examination of data and sophisticated statistical analysis. It is also cleverly organized and rigorously edited... Linguistic Universals and Language Change is undoubtedly required reading for anyone interested in linguistic typology and universals, language change and historical linguistics. Susan Lixia Cheng, Linguistics

...rich insightful theoretical interpretation, along with extensive examination of data and sophisticated statistical analysis. It is also cleverly organized and rigorously edited... Linguistic Universals and Language Change is undoubtedly required reading for anyone interested in linguistic typology and universals, language change and historical linguistics. * Susan Lixia Cheng, Linguistics * an excellent addition to the literature on universals and language change. * B. Richard Page, Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik *

Author Information

Jeff Good is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo. He was previously a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. He has examined the relationship between grammatical patterns and language change in diverse languages, including Chechen, Saramaccan, Turkish, and languages of the Bantu family. His published work includes articles in Diachronica, Studies in Language, Lingua, and the Yearbook of Morphology.

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