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Historical linguistics 2013 : selected papers from the 21st International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Oslo, 5-9 August 2013 / edited by Dag T. T. Haug, University Of Oslo ; with the assistance of Eiríkur Kristjánsso.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on Historical Linguistics (21st : 2013 : Oslo, Norway)
- International Conference on Historical Linguistics.
- Series:
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, Volume 334.
- Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science. Series IV, Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 0304-0763 ; Volume 334
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical linguistics--Congresses.
- Historical linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations, tables.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The International Conference on Historical Linguistics is the main conference for specialists in language change, and the 2013 conference in Oslo drew more than 300 participants, with 182 papers presented in the general session. The 16 papers selected for inclusion in this volume from the general session of ICHL 2013 not only provide a clear picture of the state of the art in various subfields of historical linguistics but also present recent insights in diachronic phonology, typology, morphology and morphosyntax. The languages and families covered include English, German, Scandinavian, French, Occitan, Portuguese, Sardinian, Spanish, Ancient Greek, Old Japanese and Austronesian. The volume will be useful to any linguist with an interest in diachronic matters as well as general linguistic theory.
- Contents:
- Prelim pages
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Phonology
- A Phonological motivation behind the diatonic stress shift in Modern English
- Vowel reduction in verbs in King Alfred’s Pastoral Care
- The development of early Middle English ō
- The diachronic development of stød and tonal accent in North Germanic
- The evolution of the (alveolo)palatal lateral consonant in Spanish and Portuguese
- Diachronic typology
- Evaluating prehistoric and early historic linguistic contacts
- Patterns in the diffusion of nomenclature systems
- Morphology
- Morphological evidence for the paradigmatic status of infinitives in French and Occitan
- Constructional change at the interface of cognition, culture, and language use
- Morphosyntax
- Stages in deflexion and the Norwegian dative
- Differential Object Marking in Old Japanese
- The grammaticalization of progressive constructions with a focus on the English progressive
- Hate and anger, love and desire
- The argument indexing of early Austronesian verbs
- The syntax of mood constructions in Old Japanese
- Medieval Sardinian
- Index
- Notes:
- "Selected Papers From The 21st International Conference On Historical Linguistics, Oslo, 5-9 August 2013."
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789027268181
- 9027268185
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