The Growth And Maintenance Of Linguistic Complexity

Author : Östen Dahl
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027230811

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The Growth and Maintenance of Linguistic Complexity by Östen Dahl Pdf

This book studies linguistic complexity and the processes by which it arises and is maintained, focusing not so much on what one can say in a language as how it is said. Complexity is not seen as synonymous with “difficulty” but as an objective property of a system — a measure of the amount of information needed to describe or reconstruct it. Grammatical complexity is the result of historical processes often subsumed under the rubric of grammaticalization and involves what can be called mature linguistic phenomena, that is, features that take time to develop. The nature and characteristics of such processes are discussed in detail, as well as the external and internal factors that favor or disfavor stability and change in language.

Author : Bernd Kortmann,Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-29
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783110229226

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Linguistic Complexity by Bernd Kortmann,Benedikt Szmrecsanyi Pdf

Linguistic complexity is one of the currently most hotly debated notions in linguistics. The essays in this volume reflect the intricacies of thinking about the complexity of languages and language varieties (here: of English) in three major contact-related fields of (and schools in) linguistics: creolistics, indigenization and nativization studies (i.e. in the realm of English linguistics, the “World Englishes” community), and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research: How can we adequately assess linguistic complexity? Should we be interested in absolute complexity or rather relative complexity? What is the extent to which language contact and/or (adult) language learning might lead to morphosyntactic simplification? The authors in this volume are all leading linguists in different areas of specialization, and they were asked to elaborate on those facets of linguistic complexity which are most relevant in their area of specialization, and/or which strike them as being most intriguing. The result is a collection of papers that is unique in bringing together leading representatives of three often disjunct fields of linguistic scholarship in which linguistic complexity is seen as a dynamic and inherently variable parameter.

Author : Francesca Di Garbo , Bruno Olsson , Bernhard Wälchli
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961101788

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Grammatical gender and linguistic complexity I by Francesca Di Garbo , Bruno Olsson , Bernhard Wälchli Pdf

The many facets of grammatical gender remain one of the most fruitful areas of linguistic research, and pose fascinating questions about the origins and development of complexity in language. The present work is a two-volume collection of 13 chapters on the topic of grammatical gender seen through the prism of linguistic complexity. The contributions discuss what counts as complex and/or simple in grammatical gender systems, whether the distribution of gender systems across the world’s languages relates to the language ecology and social history of speech communities. Contributors demonstrate how the complexity of gender systems can be studied synchronically, both in individual languages and over large cross-linguistic samples, and diachronically, by exploring how gender systems change over time. In addition to three chapters on the theoretical foundations of gender complexity, volume one contains six chapters on grammatical gender and complexity in individual languages and language families of Africa, New Guinea, and South Asia. This volume is complemented by volume two, which consists of three chapters providing diachronic and typological case studies, followed by a final chapter discussing old and new theoretical and empirical challenges in the study of the dynamics of gender complexity.

Author : Francesca Di Garbo ,Bruno Olsson ,Bernhard Wälchli
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961101801

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Grammatical gender and linguistic complexity II by Francesca Di Garbo ,Bruno Olsson ,Bernhard Wälchli Pdf

The many facets of grammatical gender remain one of the most fruitful areas of linguistic research, and pose fascinating questions about the origins and development of complexity in language. The present work is a two-volume collection of 13 chapters on the topic of grammatical gender seen through the prism of linguistic complexity. The contributions discuss what counts as complex and/or simple in grammatical gender systems, whether the distribution of gender systems across the world’s languages relates to the language ecology and social history of speech communities. Contributors demonstrate how the complexity of gender systems can be studied synchronically, both in individual languages and over large cross-linguistic samples, and diachronically, by exploring how gender systems change over time. Volume two consists of three chapters providing diachronic and typological case studies, followed by a final chapter discussing old and new theoretical and empirical challenges in the study of the dynamics of gender complexity. This volume is preceded by volume one, which, in addition to three chapters on the theoretical foundations of gender complexity, contains six chapters on grammatical gender and complexity in individual languages and language families of Africa, New Guinea, and South Asia.

Author : Matti Miestamo,Kaius Sinnemäki,Fred Karlsson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027231044

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Language Complexity by Matti Miestamo,Kaius Sinnemäki,Fred Karlsson Pdf

Language complexity has recently attracted considerable attention from linguists of many different persuasions. This volume – a thematic selection of papers from the conference Approaches to Complexity in Language, held in Helsinki, August 2005 – is the first collection of articles devoted to the topic. The sixteen chapters of the volume approach the notion of language complexity from a variety of perspectives. The papers are divided into three thematic sections that reflect the central themes of the book: Typology and theory, Contact and change, Creoles and pidgins. The book is mainly intended for typologists, historical linguists, contact linguists and creolists, as well as all linguists interested in language complexity in general. As the first collective volume on a very topical theme, the book is expected to be of lasting interest to the linguistic community.

Author : Raffaela Baechler,Guido Seiler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110348965

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Complexity, Isolation, and Variation by Raffaela Baechler,Guido Seiler Pdf

Complexity of grammatical structure has become a center of interest in recent typological and dialectological research. The contributions of the present volume discuss structural complexity from the perspective of language variation and change. Particular attention is paid to the hypothesis that languages and varieties spoken by small, isolated communities tend to display greater complexity than others.

Author : Nikolaos Lavidas,Alexander Bergs,Elly van Gelderen
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527559684

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The Naxos Papers, Volume I by Nikolaos Lavidas,Alexander Bergs,Elly van Gelderen Pdf

This volume synthesizes recent approaches to the study of historical English and long-established philological scholarship. Using this synthesis, it casts doubt upon the old antagonisms between modern linguistics and traditional approaches, and makes the historical study of English accessible to scholars and students of both backgrounds. This book brings together 10 studies on various characteristics of the historical development of English, and mainly Old and Middle English, first presented in workshops at the “Old and Middle English” and “Language Variation and Change in Ancient and Medieval Europe” summer schools, organized in Naxos, Greece. It includes studies derived from the first four workshops: “New Approaches to the History of Early English(es)” I, II and III and “Language Change in Indo-European” I. The first part of the volume emphasizes the synchronic description of syntactic, morphological and semantic features of Old English, while the second section emphasizes explanations of the development of various features of English, starting with Old English.

Author : Sara Rodríguez,Javier Prieto,Pedro Faria,Sławomir Kłos,Alberto Fernández,Santiago Mazuelas,M. Dolores Jiménez-López,María N. Moreno,Elena M. Navarro
Publisher : Springer
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319996080

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Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Special Sessions, 15th International Conference by Sara Rodríguez,Javier Prieto,Pedro Faria,Sławomir Kłos,Alberto Fernández,Santiago Mazuelas,M. Dolores Jiménez-López,María N. Moreno,Elena M. Navarro Pdf

This book presents the outcomes of the 15th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence, held in Toledo (Spain) from 20th to 22nd June 2018 and hosted by the UCLM, and which brought together researchers and developers from industry, education and the academic world to report on the latest scientific research, technical advances and methodologies. Highlighting multi-disciplinary and transversal aspects, the book focuses on the conferences Special Sessions, including Advances in Demand Response and Renewable Energy Sources in Smart Grids (ADRESS); AI- Driven Methods for Multimodal Networks and Processes Modeling (AIMPM); Social Modelling of Ambient Intelligence in Large Facilities (SMAILF); Communications, Electronics and Signal Processing (CESP); Complexity in Natural and Formal Languages (CNFL); and Web and Social Media Mining (WASMM).

Author : Kilu Von Prince,Marcin Maria Kilarski
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889762910

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Motivations for Research on Linguistic Complexity: Methodology, Theory and Ideology by Kilu Von Prince,Marcin Maria Kilarski Pdf

Author : Jocelyne Daems,Eline Zenner,Kris Heylen,Dirk Speelman,Hubert Cuyckens
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110435597

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Change of Paradigms – New Paradoxes by Jocelyne Daems,Eline Zenner,Kris Heylen,Dirk Speelman,Hubert Cuyckens Pdf

In Paradigm and Paradox, Dirk Geeraerts formulated many of the basic tenets that were to form what Cognitive Linguistics is today. Change of Paradigms –New Paradoxes links back to this seminal work, exploring which of the original theories and ideas still stand strong, which new questions have arisen and which ensuing new paradoxes need to be addressed. It thus reveals how Cognitive Linguistics has developed and diversified over the past decades.

Author : Heidrun Dorgeloh,Anja Wanner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783110226478

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Syntactic Variation and Genre by Heidrun Dorgeloh,Anja Wanner Pdf

Review text: "Without a doubt, the volume in its entirety is inspiring. ... The articles are all written in an accessible style, so that the publication is suitable not only for experts, but also for students of linguistics. It is recommendable to all who want to broaden their horizons and embark on linguistic studies at the borders of traditional sub-disciplines."Sixta Quassdorf in: Linguist List 22.3028.

Author : Kurt Braunmüller,Juliane House
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027219282

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Convergence and Divergence in Language Contact Situations by Kurt Braunmüller,Juliane House Pdf

This book deals with the consequences of converging and diverging processes and their development in language contact situations. It provides insights into the various forms of language contact and the conditions under which bilingual speakers master their every-day life in bilingual communities. Its nine contributions cover both theoretical and typological aspects, such as the classification of languages, the role of language contact, linguistic complexity and spontaneous speech innovations, and convergence and divergence processes in translation, (morpho)syntax and phonology/phonetics. Taken together, these studies provide challenges for linguistic theories that generalize from situations of monolingualism suggesting instead that a sound linguistic theory cannot be a theory for just one single, isolated language but must be a theory for at least two languages. It must also account for the fact that some structures involved in contact situations are not kept apart but develop in such a way that the distance decreases between the languages involved.

Author : Matthew W. Crocker,Gerhard Jäger,Gina Kuperberg,Hannah Rohde,Elke Teich,Rory Turnbull
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889747658

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Rational Approaches in Language Science by Matthew W. Crocker,Gerhard Jäger,Gina Kuperberg,Hannah Rohde,Elke Teich,Rory Turnbull Pdf

Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 901 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118448694

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The Handbook of Language Contact by Raymond Hickey Pdf

The Handbook of Language Contact offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field – ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology – combining new research from a team of globally renowned scholars, with case studies of numerous languages. An authoritative reference work exploring the major issues in the field of language contact: the study of how language changes when speakers of distinct speech varieties interact Brings together 40 specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars Examines language contact in societies which have significant immigration populations, and includes a fascinating cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the world Accessibly structured into sections exploring the place of contact studies within linguistics as a whole; the value of contact studies for research into language change; and language contact in the context of work on language and society Explores a broad range of topics, making it an excellent resource for both faculty and students across a variety of fields within linguistics

Author : Rik De Busser,Randy J. LaPolla
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268730

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Language Structure and Environment by Rik De Busser,Randy J. LaPolla Pdf

Language Structure and Environment is a broad introduction to how languages are shaped by their environment. It makes the argument that the social, cultural, and natural environment of speakers influences the structures and development of the languages they speak. After a general overview, the contributors explain in a number of detailed case studies how specific cultural, societal, geographical, evolutionary and meta-linguistic pressures determine the development of specific grammatical features and the global structure of a varied selection of languages. This is a work of meticulous scholarship at the forefront of a burgeoning field of linguistics.