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Studies in typology and diachrony : papers presented to Joseph H. Greenberg on his 75th birthday / edited by William Croft, Keith Denning and Suzanne Kemmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Typological studies in language ; v. 20.
- Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Typology (Linguistics).
- Historical linguistics.
- Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold), 1915-2001.
- Greenberg, Joseph H.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Joseph H. Greenberg is a towering figure in late twentieth century linguistics. His major contributions in the field have been in the area of typology and universals, virtually launched by his paper on word order universals, and in diachronic linguistics. The major thrust of Greenberg's work in the past three decades has been in the fusion of these two approaches to linguistic explanation into one, diachronic typology, the cross-linguistic analysis of languages as dynamic systems.This volume honors Greenberg on the occasion of his 75th birthday. It opens with an introduction discussing Greenbe
- Contents:
- STUDIES IN TYPOLOGY AND DIACHRONY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of abbreviations; Typology and diachrony in the work of Joseph H. Greenberg; Bibliography of the published worksof Joseph H. Greenberg; On the asymmetries in the affixation of grammatical material; Prolegomena to a typology of Tough Movement; From esses to aitches: identifying pathways of diachronic change; Schizophrenic complementizers; Seeking motives for change in typological variation; The dative in Ik and Kanuri; Where do words come from?; Towards lexical typology
- A dimensional view on numeral systemsThe puzzle ofNgäbere auxiliaries: Grammatical reconstruction in Chibchan and Misumalpan
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- "Bibliography of the published works of Joseph H. Greenberg": p. [xix]-xxxiii.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-31349-9
- 9786613313492
- 90-272-7804-0
- OCLC:
- 756484658
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