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Grammatical Reconstruction
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Author : Don Daniels
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2020-03-09
Grammatical Reconstruction written by Don Daniels and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Grammatical Reconstruction
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Author : Don Daniels
language : en
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Release Date : 2022-01-31
Grammatical Reconstruction written by Don Daniels and has been published by De Gruyter Mouton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-31 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book presents a comprehensive reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram, the ancestor to ten languages spoken in Papua New Guinea. It includes sections on phonology, lexicon, and - the key contribution - syntax. The author argues for an effective methodo
Reconstructing Grammar
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Author : Spike Gildea
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2000-07-15
Reconstructing Grammar written by Spike Gildea and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-07-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
On Reconstructing Proto Bantu Grammar
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Author : Koen Bostoen
language : en
Publisher: Language Science Press
Release Date : 2023-03-15
On Reconstructing Proto Bantu Grammar written by Koen Bostoen and has been published by Language Science Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book is about reconstructing the grammar of Proto-Bantu, the ancestral language at the origin of current-day Bantu languages. While Bantu is a low-level branch of Niger-Congo, the world’s biggest phylum, it is still Africa’s biggest language family. This edited volume attempts to retrieve the phonology, morphology and syntax used by the earliest Bantu speakers to communicate with each other, discusses methods to do so, and looks at issues raised by these academic endeavours. It is a collective effort involving a fine mix of junior and senior scholars representing several generations of expert historical-comparative Bantu research. It is the first systematic approach to Proto-Bantu grammar since Meeussen’s Bantu Grammatical Reconstructions (1967). Based on new bodies of evidence from the last five decades, most notably from northwestern Bantu languages, this book considerably transforms our understanding of Proto-Bantu grammar and offers new methodological approaches to Bantu grammatical reconstruction.
Linguistic Change And Reconstruction Methodology
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Author : Philip Baldi
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Linguistic Change And Reconstruction Methodology written by Philip Baldi and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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Linguistic Reconstruction
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Author : Anthony Fox
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1995
Linguistic Reconstruction written by Anthony Fox and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
How and why are languages constantly changing? Historical lingustics seeks to find out by going beyond the history of individual languages to discover the general principles which underlie language change. But our evidence is severely limited. Most of the world's languages are still unwritten, and even in areas with long written traditions, such as Europe and the Near East, documentary evidence stretches only a little way back along the path of the historical development of languages. How, then, can we uncover our long linguistic prehistory, and what can it tell us about language change?This new textbook is an accessible general guide for students with an elementary knowledge of linguistics to the methods and theoretical bases of linguistic reconstruction, and of newer, less well established principles such as the application of linguistic universals and language typology, and quantitative techniques. Finally he reviews the principles for establishing language relationships and for uncovering information about the homelands and cultures of the prehistoric speakers of reconstructed languages.
Linguistic Archaeology
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Author : Gerd Carling
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-05-22
Linguistic Archaeology written by Gerd Carling and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Linguistic Archaeology provides students with an accessible introduction to the field of linguistic archaeology, both as theoretical framework and methodological toolkit, for understanding the conceptual foundations and practical considerations involved in reconstructing the prehistory of language. The book introduces the field’s expansion out of traditional approaches to focus more on the interplay of related disciplines and the reconstruction of human language beyond the written period. The opening chapter outlines key theories and charts their development from the nineteenth century through to today, drawing on work from computational historical linguistics, phylogenetics, and linguistic anthropology. Subsequent chapters build on theory to take a hands-on approach in mining empirical data in the process of reconstructing language prehistory, including references, links, and instructions to open access resources, and offering a step-by-step guide for employing the rich range of available methods in working with this data. Closing chapters situate theory and method in context against chronological and geographic perspectives and look ahead to future trajectories for continued progress in this emerging area of study. Offering a holistic entry point into linguistic archaeology, this innovative volume will be a helpful resource for students in historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology, language evolution, and cultural geography.
The Paradox Of Grammatical Change
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Author : Ulrich Detges
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2008-01-01
The Paradox Of Grammatical Change written by Ulrich Detges and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Recent years have seen intense debates between formal (generative) and functional linguists, particularly with respect to the relation between grammar and usage. This debate is directly relevant to diachronic linguistics, where one and the same phenomenon of language change can be explained from various theoretical perspectives. In this, a close look at the divergent and/or convergent evolution of a richly documented language family such as Romance promises to be useful. The basic problem for any approach to language change is what Eugenio Coseriu has termed the paradox of change: if synchronically, languages can be viewed as perfectly running systems, then there is no reason why they should change in the first place. And yet, as everyone knows, languages are changing constantly. In nine case studies, a number of renowned scholars of Romance linguistics address the explanation of grammatical change either within a broadly generative or a functional framework.
On Reconstructing Grammar
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Author : Spike Gildea
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
On Reconstructing Grammar written by Spike Gildea and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book shows how to combine grammaticalization theory with the comparative method to reconstruct the grammar of Proto-Languages. To showcase the methodology, seven morphosyntactically distinct verbal systems in the Cariban family--three ergative, three nominative, and one inverse--are reconstructed. Spike Gildea presents detailed data in his reconstruction of Proto-Carib verbal and nominal morphologies. The inverse verbal system reconstructs to Proto-Carib; the other six are innovative, and reconstruct to Proto-Carib nonfinite source-constructions.
Serial Verbs In Oceanic
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Author : Terry Crowley
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2002
Serial Verbs In Oceanic written by Terry Crowley and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Serial Verbs in Oceanic will interest typologists, those concerned with Austronesian languages in particular, and syntactic change in general, as well as linguists interested in Austronesian language contact, linguistic typology, and syntactic change.