The (in)transparency of meaning change and variation

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The (in)transparency of meaning change and variation is written by Olga Kellert and published by Language Science Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3961105332 (ISBN 10) and 9783961105335 (ISBN 13).

This book investigates the development of indefinites like cualquiera in European and Argentinian Spanish, tracing their path from modal meanings like free choice and random selection to evaluative and even pejorative uses. Drawing on corpus data, variation across dialects, and formal semantic tools, the study probes how transparent these shifts are and what they reveal about the mechanisms of meaning change. The findings will interest linguists working on indefinites, variation, or the interface between form and interpretation—whether in synchrony or diachrony.