This article argues for a gradient approach to word order, which treats word order
preferences, both within and across languages, as a continuous variable. Word order …

Variationist Sociolinguistics: Change, Observation, Interpretation presents a comprehensive,
intermediate level examination of Language Variation and Change, the branch of …

What is the explanation for vigorous variation between was and were in plural existential
constructions, and what is the optimal tool for analyzing it? Previous studies of this …

This third edition of Miriam Meyerhoff's highly successful textbook provides a solid, up-to-
date appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the field and covers foundation issues …

The Routledge Linguistics Encyclopedia is a single-volume encyclopedia covering all major
and subsidiary areas of linguistics and applied linguistics. The 79 entries provide in-depth …

This chapter first reviews early methodological and theoretical debates regarding the nature
of variation above the level of phonology. These debates include whether or not the notion …

This book offers reconstructions of various syntactic properties of Proto-Germanic, including
verb position in main clauses, the syntax of the wh-system, and the (non-) occurrence of null …

This volume is intended to address three questions:(1) How are we to understand the
intersection between synchronic gradience and grammaticalization?(2) What insights does …

Stanford University/e University of Edinburgh is volume is intended to address three
questions:(1) How are we to understand the intersection between synchronic gradience and …

Plural marking is not universally inflectional. This paper examines the formal properties of
non-inflectional plural marking on the basis of a detailed case study of Halkomelem Salish …