Actualization linguistic change in progress (J. Benjamins, 2001)
Papers from a workshop held at the 14th annual International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, B.C., 14 August, 1999
Includes bibliographical references and index
Position paper : markedness and the theory of change / Henning Andersen -- Patterns of restitution of sound change / Kristin Bakken -- The role of markedness in the actuation and actualization of linguistic change / Alexander Bergs and Dieter Stein -- On the actualization of the passive-to-ergative shift in pre-Islamic India / Vit Bubenik -- The use of address pronouns in early modern English / Ulrich Busse -- Actualization patterns in grammaticalization : from clause to locative morphology in Northern Iroquoian / Marianne Mithun -- From Latin to modern French / Lene Schøsler -- Markedness, causation, and linguistic change / Michael Shapiro -- Markedness, functionality, and perseveration in the actualization of a morphosyntactic change / John Charles Smith -- Actualization and the (uni)directionality of change / Henning Andersen