The following book might be of interest to Variationists. Apologies for
cross-postings!
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Hermann Paul's 'Principles of Language History' Revisited: Translations
and Reflections. Edited by Peter Auer and Robert W. Murray. Berlin: de
Gruyter 2015. Series Linguae & Litterae 51.
New translations into English of selected chapters from Hermann Paul's
Prinzipien der Sprachgeschichte, by four linguists (Peter Auer, David
Fertig, Paul Hopper, and Robert Murray), together with reflections on the
chapters from current linguistic perspectives. Contents:
Translations
Introduction: §§1-10 (Auer and Murray)
On the General Nature of Language Development: Chapter 1, §§11-21 (Auer)
Phonetic Change: Chapter 3, §§32-50 (Murray)
Analogy: Chapter 5, §§75-84 (Fertig)
Basic Syntactic Relationships: Chapter 6, §§85-102 (Hopper)
Syntactic Rebracketing: Chapter 16, §§196-233 (Hopper)
Reflections
Peter Auer, Reflections on Hermann Paul as a Usage-Based Grammarian
David Fertig, Two Conceptions of Analogical Innovation/Change
Paul Hopper, Hermann Paul's Emergent Grammar
Robert Murray, In the Beginning was the Sound Image: Paul's Theory of
Sound Change
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Paul J. Hopper
Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Humanities
Department of English
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Publications:
<http://carnegie-mellon.academia.edu/PaulHopper>
<http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=n2e7ANUAAAAJ>
<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Hopper>
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