New Book in Historical Linguistics

[Paul Peranteau]

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John Benjamins announces the availability of this new work in Historical
Linguistics:

Historical Linguistics 1997.
Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical
Linguistics, Dusseldorf, 10-17 August 1997.
SCHMID, Monika S., Jennifer R. AUSTIN and Dieter STEIN (eds.)
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 164
90 272 3669 0 / NLG 178.00 (Hardcover)
1 55619 880 9 / USD 89.00 (Hardcover)
This volume presents a selection from the papers given at the 13th
International Conference on Historical Linguistics. It offers a window on
the current state of the art in historical linguistics: the papers cover a
wide range of different languages, different language families, and
different approaches to the study of linguistic change, ranging from
optimality theory, theories of grammaticalization and the invisible hand,
treatments of language contact and creolization to the linguistic
consequences of political correctness. Among the languages under
discussion are Akkadian, Catalan, Dutch, Finnish, Japanese, Sranan,
Western Malayo-Polynesian, Yiddish, and a variety of Romance and Native
American languages.
Contributions by: Arleta Adamska-Salaciak; Barry J. Blake; Adrienne
Bruyn; Vit Bubenik; Kate Burridge; Michela Cennamo; Wallace Chafe; Bridget
Drinka; Elaine Gold; Haike Jacobs; Thera de Jong; Fusa Katada; Jurgen
Klausenburger; Ane Kleine; Bernd Kortmann; Arjan van Leuvensteijn; Martin
Maiden; Kenjirô Matsuda; Donka Minkova; Marianne Mithun; Salikoko S.
Mufwene; Ellen F. Prince; Taru Salminen; Caroline Smits; Isabel Verdaguer
& Anna Poch.
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