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Historical linguistics, 1997 : selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Düsseldorf, 10-17 August 1997 /
This volume presents a selection from the papers given at the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics. It offers a window on the current state of the art in historical linguistics: the papers cover a wide range of different languages, different language families, and different approa...
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 164. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1997; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; SOUND LAWS: REACTIONS PRESENT AND PAST; 1. The problem; 1.1 Some ways of tackling the problem; 2. Another look; 2.1 Sound laws are non-causal generalizations; 2.2 Sound laws are statements of correspondences OR: the Neogrammarian hypothesis is both true and false; 2.3 Exceptionlessness is a working principle; 2.4 Exceptionlessness is a tautology; 2.5 Exceptionlessness is false; regularity is true; 3. Conclusions; Notes; References; PASSIVES IN WESTERN MALAYO-POLYNESIAN; 1. Introduction
- 2. Balinese3. Indonesian; 4. Other Sundic; Notes; References; WHAT CAN THIS BE? A WEST AFRICAN CONTRIBUTION TO SRANAN; 1. Introduction; 2. Di(si) as relativizer and as conjunction; 3. Di(si) in possessives and ordinals; 4. The position of demonstrative disi; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References; GRAMMATICAL AND LEXICAL ASPECT IN AKKADIAN AND PROTO-SEMITIC; 1. Theoretical foundations and historical background; 2. Proto-Semitic aspects; 3. Modal forms of Proto-Semitic; 4. Trajectories from Proto-Semitic to daughter languages; 5. Some parallels with IE languages; References
- EUPHEMISM WITH ATTITUDE POLITICALLY CHARGED LANGUAGE CHANGE1. Introduction; 2. What is political correctness?; 3. Political correctness and euphemism; 3.1 Euphemism with attitude; 3.2 What lies behind PC euphemism?; 3.3 The dysphemistic worm in the euphemistic bud; 4. Conclusion; Notes; References; THE LOSS OF THE VOICE DIMENSION BETWEEN LATE LATIN AND EARLY ROMANCE; 1. Introduction; 2. Transitivity as a gradient; 3. Transitivity in Latin; 3.1. The R-form; 3.2 Se /sibi + active verb; 3.3. Alternations in voice marking; 4. The loss of the voice dimension; 5. Conclusion; Notes; References
- HOW A HISTORICAL LINGUIST AND A NATIVE SPEAKER UNDERSTAND A COMPLEX MORPHOLOGY1. Introduction; 2. Sound Change; 3. Grammaticization; 4. Idiomaticization; 5. Summary; References; THE EVOLUTION OF GRAMMAR EVIDENCE FROM INDO-EUROPEAN PERFECTS; 1. Introduction; 1.2. Source determination; 1.2 Unidirectionality; 1.3 Universal paths; 2. The model of BPP; 3. The Indo-European perfect; 4. Indo-Iranian; 4.1 A Problem with Unidirectionality: Sanskrit aorists; 5. Greek; 6. Reduplication and stative perfects: a problem for Source Determination?; 7. Conclusion; 7.1 The stative as a basic category
- 7.2 Source determination7.3 Unidirectionality; 7.4 Universal paths; Notes; References; YIDDISH AND HEBREW BORROWING THROUGH ORAL LANGUAGE CONTACT; 1. Introduction; 2. Comparison with Borrowed Components in Other Languages; 2.1 Profile of Borrowing Interference; 2.2 Patterns of Lexical Borrowing; 2.3 Periphrastic Verbs; 3. Hebrew Origin Lexical Items; 4. External Evidence; 5. Conclusion; References; DEGENERATE FEET IN TACANAN LANGUAGES: UNMARKEDNESS IN OT; 1. Introduction; 2. Degenerate feet: The degenerate foot parameter and Catalexis; 3. Stress in Tacanan: Cavinena, Chama and Tacana