This book deals with some of the major theoretical and descriptive concerns of the historical linguist. The author presents a variationist analysis of weak object pronoun placement in Greek during a transitional period of the language when these elements exhibited both clitic-like and affix-like behaviour. The statistical analysis of the data, providing the first accurate description of the pattern of variation, is used in showing that existing accounts fall short of a full explanation. An alternative approach forces re-evaluation of the role of generalizations in linguistic explanation.
| Autorius: | P. Pappas |
| Serija: | Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change |
| Leidėjas: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2003 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 216 |
| ISBN-10: | 140391334X |
| ISBN-13: | 9781403913340 |
| Formatas: | Knyga kietu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | Historical and comparative linguistics |
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