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1. Reconstructing Grammar : Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization

Author

Gildea, Spike and Gildea, Spike

Subjects
Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization--Congresses, Comparative linguistics--Congresses, Historical linguistics--Congresses
Abstract

Papers presented at the 7th Rice University Symposium on Linguistics, held Mar. 26-29, 1997, Rice University, Houston, Tex.

Published
2000

2. Biological Metaphor and Cladistic Classification : An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Author

Henry M. Hoenigswald, Linda F. Wiener, Henry M. Hoenigswald, and Linda F. Wiener

Subjects
Biology--Classification--Congresses, Cladistic analysis--Congresses, Comparative linguistics--Congresses, Historical linguistics--Congresses
Abstract

The dynamic aspect of biological systems—the birth, growth, and death of individual organisms, the evolution of one form into another over time—has formed the basis for metaphors used in many fields for both artistic and heuristic purposes. Cladistic classification uses a tree whose branch points are based on the possession of derived or relatively recent characteristics, rather than primitive ones.

Published
1987

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