Lexical and structural etymology : beyond word histories / edited by Robert Mailhammer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mailhammer, Robert, 1975-

Series:

Studies in language change ; 11.

Studies in language change, 2163-0992 ; v. 11

Language:

Australian languages

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Etymology.

Language and languages.

Australian languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditionally, etymology is concerned with the study of lexical items. However, in this book etymology is understood more generally as a research approach concerned with the question of how a particular word or structure came into existence. As a result, etymology can investigate the origin of words (lexical etymology) but also structural elements, such as morphemes and constructions (structural etymology). This pioneer volume assembles thirteen etymological studies over a broad range of languages, ranging from Europe to Australia and the Pacific, focusing in particular on Australian Indigenous languages. The phenomena investigated in the contributions comprise the origin of Australian Indigenous place names and kinship terms, constructions and word histories in Oceanic languages, typological investigations as well as papers on the methodology of etymological research. This volume is intended for a scholarly audience including intermediate and advanced university students with an interest in historical linguistic, especially in etymology, but also semantics, toponymy and language contact.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contact details and affiliations of contributors

Abbreviations

Table of contents

Introduction: Etymology beyond word histories / Mailhammer, Robert

Towards a framework of contact etymology / Mailhammer, Robert

Obscure vs. transparent cognates in linguistic reconstruction / Koch , Harold / Hercus, Luise

The etymology of a paradigm: the Pama-Nyungan 3SgF reconsidered / Koch, Harold

Constructional etymology: The sources of relative clauses / Hendery, Rachel

Concerning myself / Vennemann, Theo

Granny got cross: semantic change of kami 'mother's mother' to 'father's mother' in Pama-Nyungan / McConvall, Patrick

Shadows of bygone lives: The histories of spiritual words in northern Vanuatu / François, Alexandre

Markers of the spirit world in Oceanic languages / Osmond, Meredith

Etymology of Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay bird names / Giacon, John

The smuggled budgie: case study of an Australian loanblend / Nash, David

Archaisms in placenames in Arabana- Wangkangurru country / Hercus, Luise

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781614510581

161451058X

OCLC:

829461921