Actualization :  linguistic change in progress / 
edited by Henning Andersen. 
 - Amsterdam :  John Benjamins Pub.,  2001. 
 - 250 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.  Series IV,  Current issues in linguistic theory,  v. 219  0304-0763 ; .
<br/><br/> Papers from a workshop held at the 14th annual International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, B.C., 14 August, 1999. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Position paper : markedness and the theory of change / Henning Andersen -- Patterns of restitution of sound change / Kristin Bakken -- The role of markedness in the actuation and actualization of linguistic change / Alexander Bergs and Dieter Stein -- On the actualization of the passive-to-ergative shift in pre-Islamic India / Vit Bubenik -- The use of address pronouns in early modern English / Ulrich Busse -- Actualization patterns in grammaticalization : from clause to locative morphology in Northern Iroquoian / Marianne Mithun -- From Latin to modern French / Lene Schr -- Markedness, causation, and linguistic change /     Michael Shapiro -- Markedness, functionality, and perseveration in the actualization of a morphosyntactic change / John Charles Smith -- Actualization and the (uni)directionality of change / Henning Andersen. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9027237263 (hc.)  RM350.24 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001-043517 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Linguistic change--Congresses.<br/>Markedness (Linguistics)--Congresses.