Actualization linguistic change in progress / [electronic resource] : edited by Henning Andersen. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2001. - 250 p. : ill. - Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, v. 219 0304-0763 ; . - Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 219. .

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.


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