Functional-historical Approaches To Explanation: In Honor Of Scott Delancey (typological Studies In Language)
by Tim Thornes /
2013 / English / PDF
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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.
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.
