Reconstructing grammar : comparative linguistics and grammaticalization /

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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 grammaticaliz...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: Rice University Symposium on Linguistics
Other Authors: Gildea, Spike
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins, ©2000.
Series:Typological studies in language ; vol. 43.
Subjects:
Comparative linguistics > Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Congresses.
Grammaire comparée et générale > Congrès.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Comparative linguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Grammaticalisering.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Areal typology and grammaticalization : the emergence of new verbal morphology in an obsolescent language / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
  • Florescence as a force in grammaticalization / Wallace Chafe
  • On the genesis of the verb phrase in Cariban languages : diversity through reanalysis / Spike Gildea
  • Internal reconstruction : as method, as theory / T. Givón
  • The concept of proof in genetic linguistics / Joseph H. Greenberg
  • Grammaticalization chains across languages : an example from Khoisan / Bernd Heine
  • The accidental intransitive split in the Cariban family / Sérgio Meira
  • The reordering of morphemes / Marianne Mithun.

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