Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation
In honor of Scott DeLancey
GBP
- Editor(s): Tim Thornes 1 , Erik Andvik 2 , Gwendolyn Hyslop 3 and Joana Jansen 4
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations:1 Boise State University2 SIL International3 Australian National University4 University of Oregon
- Format: PDF
- Publication Date July 2013
- e-Book ISBN: 9789027271976
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.103
Contributions from both well-known practitioners and new voices in the areas of language typology, historical linguistics, and function-based approaches to language description define this volume, as does its foci in two major geographical areas — southeast Asia and northwestern North America. All of the papers appeal, in one way or another, to functional-historical approaches to explanation. Behind this appeal lies an assumption that languages are selective in their development in ways that are dependent upon the communicative tasks to which they are put. As such, language function accounts for both variation and historical development over time.
Related Topics:
Functional linguistics
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Historical linguistics
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Typology
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