Die Arbeit entwickelt ein gebrauchsbasiertes Modell zur Entstehung grammatischer Varianten. Dieses wird auf drei Variationsphänomene angewandt: Variation in de

On the premise that syntactic variation is constrained by factors that may not always be immediately obvious, this volume explores various perspectives on the n

North American Norwegian (NAmNo) is a diasporic heritage variety of Norwegian spoken primarily in the Upper Midwest of the United States. NAmNo has been in use

This book presents a new methodology for the study of historical varieties, particularly a language’s early history. Using the German language’s first attes

This is a collection of three decades of articles by the linguist Joan Bybee. Her articles argue for the importance of frequency of use as a factor in the analy