| Description |
vii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. Variation theory -- Varied objections to various variable rules / Frank Anshen -- The necessity of variable rules / Robert Berdan -- The Bailey wave model : a dynamic quantitative paradigm / Ralph W. Fasold -- Use and applications of the Cedergren-Sankoff variable rule program / Gregory R. Guy -- Variable constraints and rule relations / Walt Wolfram -- Part II. Variation in grammar -- Some more on anymore / Donald Hindle and Ivan Sag -- Some universals for quantifier scope / Georgette Ioup -- Variation in universal grammar / Edward L. Keenan -- A "markedness" hierarchy of quantified noun phrases / Patrick F. McNamer -- Carrying the new wave into syntax : the case of Black English bin / John R. Rickford -- Part III. Polysemy or monosemy : discrete meanings or continuum? / Charles E. Ruhl -- Discord / Clare M. Silva and Arnold M. Zwicky -- Figurative language and the two-code hypothesis / Martin Steinmann, Jr. -- Where do conditional expressions qualify? : functional variability between logical and ordinary language conditionals / Masa-Aki Yamanashi -- Uniting three traditions : the classical study of grammatical-category-space, and lexical decomposition in generative semantics / Lloyd Anderson -- Part IV. Variation in languages in contact -- Synchronic languages and the problem of interlingual influence / David O. Oke -- Jenepher revisited : adult language change / Barbara Robson -- Part V. Variation in sign language -- A good rule of thumb : variable phonology in American sign language / Robbin Battison, Harry Markowicz, and James Woodward -- Variation in American sign language syntax : agent-beneficiary directionality / James C. Woodward, Jr. -- Part VI. Applications of variation studies -- What is the study of variation useful for? / Roger W. Shuy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Variation -- Congresses.
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Languages in contact -- Congresses.
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Sign language -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Fasold, Ralph W.
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Shuy, Roger W.
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| LC no. |
75015973 |
| ISBN |
0878402071 |
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