What counts as evidence in linguistics :: the case of innateness /

The main aim of this paper is to establish the position of historical linguistics in the wider field of linguistics. Section 1 centres on the immediate and long term goals of historical linguistics. Section 2 discusses the type of data that play a role and looks at tools to be used for the analysis...

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Other Authors: Penke, Martina, Rosenbach, Anette
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Series:Benjamins current topics ; v. 7.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The main aim of this paper is to establish the position of historical linguistics in the wider field of linguistics. Section 1 centres on the immediate and long term goals of historical linguistics. Section 2 discusses the type of data that play a role and looks at tools to be used for the analysis of the data. It also addresses the question whether the explanation of the data should be in terms of grammar change (as advocated by formalist linguists) or language change. This latter point automatically leads to the question as to what type of grammatical model or theory the historical linguist.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 297 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027292537
9027292531
9789027222374
9027222371
ISSN:1874-0081 ;

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