Mechanisms Of Syntactic Change
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Mechanisms of Syntactic Change
Author | : Charles N. Li |
Publsiher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 641 |
Release | : 2014-09-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781477301050 |
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Historical linguistics, the oldest field in linguistics, has been traditionally dominated by phonological and etymological investigations. Only in the late twentieth century have linguists begun to focus their interest and research on the area of syntactic change and the insight it provides on the nature of language. This volume represents the first major contribution on the mechanisms of syntactic change. The fourteen articles that make up this volume were selected from the Symposium on the Mechanisms of Syntactic Change held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1976, one of a series of three conferences sponsored by the National Science Foundation. These papers clearly demonstrate that the generative approach to the study of language does not explain diachronic processes in syntax. This collection is enlightening, provocative, and carefully documented with data drawn from a great variety of language families.
Mechanisms of Syntactic Change
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Author | : Symposium on the Mechanisms of Syntactic Change, University of California |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Grammar, Comparative and general |
ISBN | : 0598029656 |
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Historical Linguistics
Author | : Lyle Campbell |
Publsiher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 478 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0262532670 |
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This accessible, hands-on text not only introduces students to the important topicsin historical linguistics but also shows them how to apply the methods described and how to thinkabout the issues; abundant examples and exercises allow students to focus on how to do historicallinguistics. Distinctive to this text is its integration of the standard topics with others nowconsidered important to the field, including syntactic change, grammaticalization, sociolinguisticcontributions to linguistic change, distant genetic relationships, areal linguistics, and linguisticprehistory. Examples are taken from a broad range of languages; those from the more familiarEnglish, French, German, and Spanish make the topics more accessible, while those fromnon-Indo-European languages show the depth and range of the concepts they illustrate.This secondedition features expanded explanations and examples as well as updates in light of recent work inlinguistics, including a defense of the family tree model, a response to recent claims on lexicaldiffusion/frequency, and a section on why languages diversify and spread.
Historical Syntax in Cross Linguistic Perspective
Author | : Alice C. Harris,Lyle Campbell |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1995-09-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521478812 |
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In this major new work Alice Harris and Lyle Campbell set out to establish a general framework for the investigation of linguistic change. Systematic cross-linguistic comparison of syntactic change across a wide variety of languages is used to construct hypotheses about the universals and limits of language change more generally. In particular, the authors seek to move closer towards describing the range of causes of syntactic change to develop an understanding of the mechanisms of syntactic change, and to provide an understanding of why some languages undergo certain changes and not others. The authors draw on languages as diverse as Pipil and French, Georgian and Estonian, and the data presented is one of the book's great strengths. Rigor and precision are combined here with a great breadth of scholarship to produce a unique resource for the study of linguistic change, which will be of use to scholars and students alike.
Diachronic Syntax
Author | : Susan Pintzuk,George Tsoulas,Anthony Warner |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0198250274 |
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This text reflects developing trends in linguistic research, specifically the study of syntax and its pivotal position in current theories of language acquisition.
Perspectives on Historical Syntax
Author | : Carlotta Viti |
Publsiher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2015-04-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027268938 |
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This volume discusses topics of historical syntax from different theoretical perspectives, ranging from Indo-European studies to generative grammar, functionalism, and typology. It examines mechanisms of syntactic change such as reanalysis, analogy, grammaticalization, independent drift, and language contact, as well as procedures of syntactic reconstruction. More than one factor is considered to explain a syntactic phenomenon, since it is maintained that an accurate account of multiple causations, of both structural and social nature, is to be preferred to considerations of economy. Special attention is given to the relationship between principles of syntactic theory and a search for data reliability through the methods of corpus linguistics. Data are drawn from a variety of languages, including Hittite, Vedic, Ancient Greek, Latin, Romance, Germanic, Baltic, Slavic, Austroasiatic, Gulf of Guinea creoles. The book may be therefore of interest for specialists of these languages in addition to scholars and advanced students of syntax and historical linguistics.
Syntactic Change
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Grammar, Comparative and general |
ISBN | : UOM:39015012193796 |
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Internal and External Factors in Syntactic Change
Author | : Marinel Gerritsen,Dieter Stein |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 492 |
Release | : 2011-09-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9783110886047 |
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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.