The Power of Analogy: An Essay on Historical Linguistics

by Dieter Wanner

Book Overview

In The Power of Anology, Dieter Wanner argues for reinstating historical linguistics, especially in (morpho-)syntax, as constitutive of any theoretical account of language.

In the first part, he provides a critique of some foundational concepts of an object-oriented linguistic perspective, questioning the distinction between synchrony and diachrony, dichotomous parametrization, grammaticality judgments, and formal generalization. Instead,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110188732
• ISBN13: 9783110188738
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 345 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary