Stability, variation, and change of word-order patterns over time [electronic resource] / edited by Rosanna Sornicola, Erich Poppe, Ariel Shisha-Halevy ; with the assistance of Paola Como.
Language: English, French Series: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 213.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2000.Description: xxxi, 323 pISBN:- 1588110370 (US)
- 9789027237200
- 9027237204 (Eur.)
- 9789027284716 (e-book)
- 415 21
- P295 .S69 2000eb

Chiefly papers presented at a workshop held within the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, which was held Aug. 14, 1997, D�usseldorf, Ger.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
pt. 1. Stylistic and pragmatic principles in stability, variation and change -- pt. 2. Stability and diachrony -- pt. 3. Reanalysis, grammaticalization and change -- pt. 4. Variation and change.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Papers chiefly in English with one in French.