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The purpose of this volume is to make easily available a
representative selection of Charles-James N. Bailey's views on
linguistic theory. Several previously published papers have been
extensively revised and updated for the collection, which also
contains two new chapters. The collection is flanked by a new
Prologue and Epilogue, and the whole is preceded by Peter
Muhlhausler's Introduction which offers a critical appraisal of
Professor Bailey's contribution to the field. In the Prologue the
author discusses the rationale for a Developmentalist, or
time-based, framework for the scientific analysis of languages; in
the Epilogue he laborates a new approach to historical linguistics.
These initial and final chapters reflect the volume's twofold
emphasis on time-based analysis both in descriptive
(multi-dialectal) analyses of languages and in historical analysis.
For historical analysis Professor Bailey contrasts his approach
with the current paradoxical practice of employing static models
that exclude a time parameter - an approach which he characterizes
as 'synchronic-idiolectal'. In doing so he offers explanations for
matters which have not previously been accounted for in a
satisfactory way: why and when languages change, the disruptive
effects of language contact in triggering important kinds of change
and the role of markedness in complex changes. Concentrating on the
sound system and syntax of English, he presents a time-based model
with rules for generating highly complex, multiphased phenomena
which have been, until now, impervious to linguistic analysis.
General
Imprint: |
Clarendon Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 1996 |
First published: |
October 1996 |
Authors: |
Charles James N. Bailey
(Emeritus Professor of English and General Linguistics)
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Dimensions: |
242 x 164 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
430 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-824220-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
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LSN: |
0-19-824220-4 |
Barcode: |
9780198242208 |
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