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1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages). |
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polychrome |
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| Series |
Typological studies in language,
0167-7373 ;
vol. 43
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Typological studies in language ; vol. 43.
0167-7373
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| Note |
These papers were presented in preliminary form at the Seventh Rice University Symposium on Linguistics, held at Rice University in Houston, Texas, March 26-29, 1997-p. ix. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
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| Language |
Includes texts in various languages. |
| Subject |
Comparative linguistics -- Congresses.
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Comparative linguistics. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Congresses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Gildea, Spike.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rice University Symposium on Linguistics (7th : 1997). Reconstructing grammar. Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : John Benjamins, ©2000 (DLC) 99055068 |
| ISBN |
9789027298560 (electronic book) |
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9027298564 (electronic book) |
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9789027229458 (paperback) |
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9027229457 (paperback) |
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9781556196591 (U.S. ; paperback) |
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1556196598 (U.S. ; paperback) |
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9789027229441 (Eur. ; cased) |
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9027229457 (paperback) |
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