This book contains 15 revised papers originally presented at a symposium at Rosendal, Norway, under the aegis of The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at the Norw

This book contains 15 revised papers originally presented at a symposium at Rosendal, Norway, under the aegis of The Centre for Advanced Study (CAS) at the Norw

Recent years have seen intense debates between formal (generative) and functional linguists, particularly with respect to the relation between grammar and usage

The product of a group of scholars who have been working on new directions in Historical Linguistics, this book is focused on questions of grammatical change, a

Leading scholars examine languages ranging from old Egyptian to modern Afrikaans. They consider the insights parametric theory offers to understanding the dynam