The Dialect Laboratory

Abstract

1. The dialect laboratory: Introductory remarks (by De Vogelaer, Gunther) 2. The evolutionary-emergence model of language change (by Bigham, Douglas S.) 3. Dialect data, lexical frequency and the usage-based approach (by Clark, Lynn) 4. Dialect areas and linguistic change: Pronominal paradigms in Ibero-Romance dialects from a cross-linguistic and social typology perspective (by Fernandez-Ordonez, Ines) 5. The role of implicational universals in language change: Evidence from Tunisian Arabic dialects (by Gibson, Maik) 6. On the genesis of the German recipient passive - Two competing hypotheses in the light of current dialect data (by Lenz, Alexandra N.) 7. Paths to tone in the Tamang branch of Tibeto-Burman (Nepal) (by Mazaudon, Martine) 8. Dialect choice in Fiji: A variationist approach to language change in the South Pacific (by Park, Karen) 9. When diachrony meets synchrony.: Phonological change, phonological variation and Optimal Paradigms (by Pons-Moll, Claudia) 10. Geolinguistic data and the past tense debate: Linguistic and extralinguistic aspects of Dutch verb regularization (by Vosters, Rik) 11. Tense and aspect systems of Western and Eastern dialects in Japan: Split paths of diachronic development (by Watanabe, Kazuha) 12. The rise of DP-internal possessors: On the relationship of dialectal synchrony to diachrony (by Weiss, Helmut) 13. Index