Reconstructing grammar : comparative linguistics and grammaticalization / edited by Spike Gildea.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Gildea, Spike.

Conference Name:

Rice University Symposium on Linguistics (7th : 1997)

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 43.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; vol. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative linguistics--Congresses.

Comparative linguistics.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Congresses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Comparative linguistics and grammaticalization theory both belong to the broader category of historical linguistics, yet few linguists practice both. The methods and goals of each group seem largely distinct: comparative linguists have by and large avoided reconstructing grammar, while grammaticalization theoreticians have either focused on explaining attested historical change or used internal reconstruction to formulate hypotheses about processes of change. In this collection, some of the leading voices in grammaticalization theory apply their methods to comparative data (largely drawn from indigenous languages of the Americas), showing not only that grammar can be reconstructed, but that the process of reconstructing grammar can yield interesting theoretical and typological insights.

Contents:

RECONSTRUCTING GRAMMAR

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of Contents

Preface

Areal typology and grammaticalization: The emergence of new verbal morphology in an obsolescent language

Florescence as a Force in Grammaticalization

On the Genesis of the Verb Phrase in Cariban Languages: Diversity through Reanalysis

Internal reconstruction: As method, as theory

The Concept of Proof in Genetic Linguistics

Grammaticalization chains across languages: An example from Khoisan

The accidental intransitive split in the Cariban family

The reordering of morphemes

Language and Language Family Index

Name Index

Subject Index

The Series TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE.

Notes:

These papers were presented in preliminary form at the Seventh Rice University Symposium on Linguistics, held at Rice University in Houston, Texas, March 26-29, 1997-p. ix.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612162824

9781282162822

1282162829

9781556196584

155619658X

9789027298560

9027298564

OCLC:

1491308438