Grammatical reconstruction : the Sogeram languages of New Guinea / Don Daniels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniels, Don, author.

Series:

Studies in language change (De Gruyter Mouton) ; Volume 16.

Studies in Language Change ; Volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (Linguistics)--Case studies.

Reconstruction (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

There is still widespread disagreement among historical linguists about how, or whether, syntactic reconstruction can be done. This book presents a comprehensive methodology for syntactic reconstruction, grounded in a constructional understanding of language. The author then uses that methodology to reconstruct Proto-Sogeram, the ancestor to ten languages in Papua New Guinea. Chapters are devoted to phonology, lexicon, verbal morphosyntax, nominal morphosyntax, and syntactic constructions. The work culminates in a sketch of Proto-Sogeram grammar. Based largely on the author's original fieldwork, this is an innovative application of a novel methodology to new data, and the most complete reconstruction of a Papuan proto-language to date. It will be of interest to scholars of language change, language reconstruction, typology, and Papuan languages.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Methodology

Chapter 3. Phonology

Chapter 4. Verbs and Verb Morphology

Chapter 5. Nominal Morphology

Chapter 6. Syntactic Constructions

Chapter 7. Lexical Reconstructions

Chapter 8. Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-061621-1

OCLC:

1149394910