Power of Analogy An Essay on Historical Linguistics

This study demonstrates how historical linguistics regains a central role for the understanding of language as soon as the artificial distinction between synchrony and diachrony is abandoned. The author systematically explores the potential of the concept of analogy within the new framework of "Soft Syntax," illustrating his analysis with numerous examples from the history of the Romance languages. He shows that the openness of analogy allows for the use of historical linguistics to improve on old problems and to ask new questions about language change.Wanner, Dieter is the author of 'Power of Analogy An Essay on Historical Linguistics', published 2006 under ISBN 9783110188738 and ISBN 3110188732.