Proto-Indo-European syntax and its development / edited by Leonid Kulikov, Nikolaos Lavidas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kulikov, L. I., editor.

Lavidas, Nikolaos, editor.

Series:

Benjamins current topics ; Volume 75.

Benjamins Current Topics, 1874-0081 ; Volume 75

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proto-Indo-European language--Syntax.

Proto-Indo-European language.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Parametric Comparison Method (PCM, Guardiano & Longobardi 2005, Longobardi & Guardiano 2009) is grounded on the assumption that syntactic parameters are more appropriate than other traits for use as comparanda for historical reconstruction, because they are able to provide unambiguous correspondences and objective measurements, thus guaranteeing wide-range applicability and quantitative exactness. This article discusses a set of experiments explicitly designed to evaluate the impact of parametric syntax in representing historical relatedness, and performed on a selection of 26 contemporary

Contents:

Proto-Indo-European Syntax and its Development; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; References; Reconstructing Proto-Indo-European categories; 1. Introduction; 2. Reflexivity and the Middle in IE languages; 3. Focusing on Hittite -z; 3.1 Functions of the middle/reflexive -z; 3.2 The data; 3.2.1 First group: Transitive reflexive; 3.2.2 Second group: Subjective reflexive; 3.2.3 Third group: Objective reflexive; 4. Functional extension of reflexive constructions in IE languages; 5. Reconstructing the PIE category 'Middle'; 6. Conclusions; References

The rise of 'subordination features' in the history of Greek and their decline1. Introduction; 2. The problem; 3. The distinction root vs. non-root clauses; 4. Pre-Classical Greek; 4.1 Stage a and subordinating conjunctions (T1): Genesis of complementizers; 4.2 Stage a: Tense shift (T4) instead of mood shift (T3); 5. Classical Greek: Stage b and the system of subordination traits; 5.1 Stage b: Subordinating conjunctions (T1) pertaining to the complementizer hóti; 5.2 Stage b: Infinitival complement clauses (T0); 5.3 Stage b: Mood shift (T3)

3.1 General typological issues3.1.1 Lehmann vs. Friedrich; 3.1.2 Subordination and the finiteness constraint; 3.2 Finite relativization and SOV; 3.3 Some special features of early relative-correlatives; 3.4 Apparent difficulties; 3.4.1 "Replacive" relative clauses; 3.4.2 Old Hittite "embedded" relatives; 3.5 Conclusions regarding relativization; 4. Prosodically motivated changes confirming the verb-final reconstruction; 4.1 Suprasegmental effects of verb finality; 4.2 Segmental effects of verb finality; 4.3 Verb-finality effects as evidence that the SOV reconstruction is a fruitful hypothesis

5. Summary and conclusionsAbbreviations; References; Hittite pai- 'come' and uwa- 'go' as Restructuring Verbs; 1. Introduction; 2. The Hittite phraseological construction; 3. Restructuring and Clitic Climbing; 4. The phraseological construction as an instance of Restructuring; 4.1 Restructuring and finite clauses; 4.2 The position of the matrix verb; 4.3 uwa- as a raising verb; 5. Conclusion; References; Reconstructing passive and voice in Proto-Indo-European; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 2.1 Passive and Passivization; 2.2 The passive in ancient Indo-European languages

3. Lack of specialized passive morphology in IE: Evidence from Greek

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027268280

9027268282

OCLC:

908311158