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Systematic balance in language
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ISBN: 1283313642 9786613313645 9027278318 9789027278319 9027235643 9789027235640 9781283313643 6613313645 Year: 1990 Volume: 67 Publisher: Amsterdam Benjamins

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These papers from the 1987 Typology Symposium a follow-up to the 1985 meeting in Moscow deal with the relevance of typology for historical linguistics. Its application in understanding phonological and grammatical change is examined for a variety of languages. Its relevance for application of the comparative method and the method of internal reconstruction is noted with reference to the glottalic theory and problems in other language families. Among the several approaches, alignment typology is especially examined, with languages defined as accusative, ergative or stative-active an approach to

Estudios de lingüística de España y México
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ISBN: 9683615082 6076286725 9789683615084 Year: 1990 Publisher: México, D.F. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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En el presente volumen se recogen todos los trabajos presentados en el "Primer Encuentro de Lingüistas y Filólogos de España y México". Abarcan dos temas: "Estudios gramaticales sobre las lenguas de España y México" y "Problemas del bilingüismo y el contacto de lenguas".

Leibniz, Humboldt, and the origins of comparativism
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ISBN: 9027245320 9789027245328 9786613720986 128087967X 9027278121 9789027278128 9781280879678 6613720984 Year: 1990 Volume: 49 Publisher: Amsterdam Benjamins

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Both Leibniz and Humboldt are scholars in whose work we find a passionate interest in the history and development of languages combined with a strong theoretical commitment. Linking their names to linguistic comparativism draws attention to the contribution these scholars have made to the history of comparativism and also promotes discussion of the relationship of theory and practice in linguistic research in more general terms. In September 1986, a conference on Leibniz, Humboldt and the Origins of Comparativism' was held in Rome. The papers included in this volume are revised versions of the

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