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A Historical Syntax of Late Middle Indo-Aryan (Apabhram??a)

Author : Vit Bubenik
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027275677

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A Historical Syntax of Late Middle Indo-Aryan (Apabhram??a) by Vit Bubenik Pdf

This monograph aims to close the gap in our knowledge of the nature and pace of grammatical change during the formative period of today’s Indo-Aryan languages. During the 6th-12th c. the gradual erosion of the synthetic morphology of Old Indo-Aryan resulted ultimately in the remodelling of its syntax in the direction of the New Indo-Aryan analytic type. This study concentrates on the emergence and development of the ergative construction in terms of the passive-to-ergative reanalysis and the co-existence of the ergative construction with the old and new analytic passive constructions. Special attention is paid to the actuation problem seen as the tug of war between conservative and eliminative forces during their development. Other chapters deal with the evolution of grammatical and lexical aspect, causativization, modality, absolute constructions and subordination. This study is based on a wealth of new data gleaned from original poetic works in Apabhraṃśa (by Svayaṃbhādeva, Puṣpadanta, Haribhadra, Somaprabha et al.). It contains sections dealing with descriptive techniques of Medieval Indian grammarians (esp. Hemacandra). All the Sanskrit, Prakrit and Apabhraṃśa examples are consistently parsed and translated. The opus is cast in the theoretical framework of Functional Grammar of the Prague and Amsterdam Schools. It should be of particular interest to scholars and students of Indo-Aryan and general historical linguistics, especially those interested in the issues of morphosyntactic change and typology in their sociohistorical setting.

English Historical Syntax and Morphology

Author : Teresa Fanego,Javier Pérez-Guerra,María José López-Couso
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027297730

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English Historical Syntax and Morphology by Teresa Fanego,Javier Pérez-Guerra,María José López-Couso Pdf

This volume offers a selection of papers from the Eleventh International Conference on English Historical Linguistics held at the University of Santiago de Compostela. From the rich programme (over 130 papers were given during the conference), the present twelve papers were carefully selected to reflect the state of current research in the fields of English historical syntax and morphology. Some of the issues discussed are the emergence of viewpoint adverbials in English and German, changes in noun phrase structure from 1650 to the present, the development of the progressive in Scots, the passivization of composite predicates, the loss of V2 and its effects on the information structure of English, the acquisition of modal syntax and semantics by the English verb WANT, or the use of temporal adverbs as attributive adjectives in the Early Modern period. Many of the articles tackle questions of change through the use of methodological tools like computerized corpora. The theoretical frameworks adopted include, among others, grammaticalization theory, Dik’s model of functional grammar, construction grammar and Government & Binding Theory.

Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages

Author : Vit Bubenik,John Hewson,Sarah Rose
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289292

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Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages by Vit Bubenik,John Hewson,Sarah Rose Pdf

The product of a group of scholars who have been working on new directions in Historical Linguistics, this book is focused on questions of grammatical change, and the central issue of grammaticalization in Indo-European languages. Several studies examine particular problems in specific languages, but often with implications for the IE phylum as a whole. Given the historical scope of the data (over a period of four millennia) long range grammatical changes such as the development of gender differences, strategies of definiteness, the prepositional phrase, or of the syntax of the verbal diathesis and aspect, are also treated. The shifting relevance of morphology to syntax, and syntax to morphology, a central motif of this research, has provoked lively debate in the discipline of Historical Linguistics.

From Case to Adposition

Author : John Hewson,Vit Bubenik
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292964

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From Case to Adposition by John Hewson,Vit Bubenik Pdf

In the historical development of many languages of the IE phylum the loss of inflectional morphology led to the development of a configurational syntax, where syntactic position marked syntactic role. The first of these configurations was the adposition (preposition or postposition), which developed out of the uninflected particle/preverbs in the older forms of IE, by forming fixed phrases with nominal elements, a pattern later followed in the development of a configurational NP (article + nominal) and VP (auxiliary + verbal). The authors follow this evolution through almost four thousand years of documentation in all twelve language families of the Indo-European phylum, noting the resemblances between the structure of the original IE case system and the systemic oppositions to be found in the sets of adpositions that replaced it. Quite apart from its theoretical analyses and proposals which in themselves amount to a new look at many traditional problems, this study has a value in the collected store of information on cases, and on adpositions and their usage. There is also a considerable store of etymological information that is relevant to the description of the systemic development.

Historical Linguistics 1999

Author : Laurel J. Brinton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027237224

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Historical Linguistics 1999 by Laurel J. Brinton Pdf

This is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held August 9-13, 1999, at the University of British Columbia. From the rich program and the many papers given during this conference, the present twenty-three papers were carefully selected to display the state of current research in the field of historical linguistics.

History and Perspectives of Language Study

Author : Olga Mišeska Tomi?,Milorad Radovanovi?
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027299635

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History and Perspectives of Language Study by Olga Mišeska Tomi?,Milorad Radovanovi? Pdf

Each of the contributions in this volume expresses in some way the hope that it is possible to achieve an integrity of linguistics, understood as a science of man, in its psychological, sociological, pragmatic and cultural context. The first section focuses on the history of language study, the second section on the integrative description of facets of language, and the last section on the need for the study of language in context.

New Perspectives on Romance Linguistics

Author : Chiyo Nishida,Jean-Pierre Y. Montreuil
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027293398

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New Perspectives on Romance Linguistics by Chiyo Nishida,Jean-Pierre Y. Montreuil Pdf

This is the first of two volumes emanating from the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages held at the University of Texas at Austin in February 2005. It features the keynote address delivered by Denis Bouchard on exaptation and linguistic explanation, as well as seventeen contributions by emerging and internationally recognized scholars of Spanish, French, Italian, as well as Rumanian. While the emphasis bears on formal analyses, the coverage is remarkably broad, as topics range from morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics and language acquisition. Each article seeks to represent a new perspective on these topics and a variety of frameworks and concepts are exploited: distributive morphology, entailment theory, grammaticalization, information structure, left-periphery, polarity lattice, spatial individuation, thematic hierarchy, etc. This volume will challenge anyone interested in current issues in theoretical Romance Linguistics.

Explorations in Integrational Linguistics

Author : Robin Sackmann
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027248001

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Explorations in Integrational Linguistics by Robin Sackmann Pdf

Integrational Linguistics (IL), developed by the German linguist Hans-Heinrich Lieb and others, is an approach to linguistics that integrates linguistic descriptions, construed as 'declarative' theories, with a detailed theory of language that covers all classical areas of linguistics, from phonology to sentence semantics, and takes linguistic variation, both synchronic and diachronic, fully into account. The aim of this book is to demonstrate how some controversial issues in language description are resolved in Integrational Linguistics. The four essays united here cover nearly all levels of language systems: phonetics and phonology (“The Case for Two-Level Phonology” by Hans-Heinrich Lieb, on German obstruent tensing and French nasal alternation), morphology (“Form and Function of Verbal Ablaut in Contemporary Standard German” by Bernd Wiese), morphology and syntax (“Inflectional Units and Their Effects” by Sebastian Drude, on the person system in Guaraní), and syntax and sentence semantics (“Topic Integration” by Andreas Nolda, on 'split topicalization' in German).

Proto-Japanese

Author : Bjarke Frellesvig,John Whitman
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027248095

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Proto-Japanese by Bjarke Frellesvig,John Whitman Pdf

Proto-Japanese is the reconstructed language stage from which all later varieties of Japanese, including Ryukyuan, descend. It has been studied both as an end in itself (as the genetic code of the Japanese language) and as part of endeavors to clarify the genetic affiliation of Japanese. Based on the state of the field, especially as represented in Samuel E. Martin's seminal work The Japanese Language Through Time (1987), this volume singles out key areas in the reconstruction of proto-Japanese where salient progress has been or promises to be made since Martin. Contributions were invited from scholars working on the following areas: segmental phonology, use of dialect evidence, accent, morphology, and syntax. While the book first of all presents new research which advances our understanding of proto-Japanese, it also gives an overview over the state of the art in the field and its main issues.

Lexical and Syntactical Constructions and the Construction of Meaning

Author : Marjolijn Verspoor,Kee Dong Lee,Eve Sweetser
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1997-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027285591

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Lexical and Syntactical Constructions and the Construction of Meaning by Marjolijn Verspoor,Kee Dong Lee,Eve Sweetser Pdf

The basic tenet of cognitive linguistics is that every linguistic expression is a construal relation. The first section of this volume focuses on issues of such construal and presentation of information, including figure-ground relations, image-schematic structures, and the role of syntactic constructions in information structure.In sections two and three papers are presented on cross-categorial polysemy between lexical and grammatical uses of a morpheme, and between different grammatical senses, and on the relationship between earlier lexical senses and later grammatical ones. The final section of the volume brings together studies which shed further light on transitivity and argument structure. The study of transitivity necessarily entails exploration of the relationship between syntactic constructions and the pragmatics and semantics conveyed by such constructions. As a whole, this collection of papers gives new evidence on the complexity and motivation of the mapping between linguistic form and function and offers a wealth of new directions for research on the construction of meaning at every level of the sentence.

Discourse Studies in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Karen Van Hoek,Andrej A. Kibrik,Leo Noordman
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027289490

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Discourse Studies in Cognitive Linguistics by Karen Van Hoek,Andrej A. Kibrik,Leo Noordman Pdf

This volume presents selected papers from the 5th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference within the area of discourse analysis. The topics addressed include pronominal anaphora in English and Russian narratives, the subtleties of the definite article in English and Spanish, the use of discourse particles in Dutch, and the function of prosody as a marker of text structure in spoken narratives. The papers illustrate the potential of the emerging cognitive linguistic paradigm to provide fresh, revealing insights in the study of discourse.

The Legacy of Zellig Harris

Author : Bruce E. Nevin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027297013

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The Legacy of Zellig Harris by Bruce E. Nevin Pdf

Zellig Harris opened many lines of research in language, information, and culture, from generative grammar to informatics, from mathematics to language pedagogy. An international array of scholars here describe further developments and relate this work to that of others. Volume 1 begins with a survey article by Harris himself, previously unavailable in English. T.A. Ryckman, Paul Mattick, Maurice Gross, and Francis Lin show the importance of Harris's methodology for philosophy of science, the first two with reference especially to his remarkable findings on the form of information in science. Themes of discourse and sublanguage analysis are developed further in chapters by Michael Gottfried, James Munz, Robert Longacre, and Carlota Smith. Morris Salkoff, Peter Seuren, and Lila Gleitman present diverse developments in syntax and semantics. Phonology is represented in chapters by Leigh Lisker and by Frank Harary and Stephen Helmreich. Daythal Kendall applies operator grammar to literary analysis of Sapir's Takelma texts, and Fred Lukoff's chapter describes benefits of string analysis for language pedagogy.

Theoretical Issues in Contrastive Linguistics

Author : Jacek Fisiak
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027286505

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Theoretical Issues in Contrastive Linguistics by Jacek Fisiak Pdf

Contrastive Linguistics, roughly defined as a subdiscipline of linguistics which is concerned with the comparison of two or more (subsystems of) languages, has long been associated primarily with language teaching. Apart from this applied aspect, however, it also has a strong theoretical purpose, contributing to our understanding of language typology and language universals. Issues in theoretical CL, which also feature in this volume, are the choice of model, the notions of equivalence and contrast, and directionality of descriptions. Languages used for illustration in this volume include English, German, Danish, and Polish.

Topics in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Brygida Rudzka
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027235442

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Topics in Cognitive Linguistics by Brygida Rudzka Pdf

This volume presents new developments in cognitive grammar and explores its descriptive and explanatory potential with respect to a wide range of language phenomena. These include the formation and use of locationals, causative constructions, adjectival and nominal expressions of oriented space, morphological layering, tense and aspect, and extended uses of verbal predicates. There is also a section on the affinities between cognitive grammar an early linguistic theories, both ancient and modern.

Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2004

Author : Jenny Doetjes,Paz González
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027247933

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Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2004 by Jenny Doetjes,Paz González Pdf

This volume brings together a selection of papers from the eighteenth 'Going Romance' symposium, held at Leiden University, 9–11 December 2004. These papers cover a broad range of topics in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, and acquisition, in a variety of Romance languages.