Historical Linguistics 2017
Selected papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July – 4 August 2017
Editor
The collected articles in this volume address an array of cutting-edge issues in the field of historical linguistics, including new theoretical approaches and innovative methodologies for studying language through a diachronic lens. The articles focus on the following themes: I. Case & Argument Structure, II. Alignment & Diathesis, III. Patterns, Paradigms, & Restructuring, IV. Grammaticalization & Construction Grammar, V. Corpus Linguistics & Morphosyntax, VI. Languages in Contact. Papers reflect a wide range of perspectives, and focus on issues and data from an array of languages and language families, from new analyses of case and argument structure in Ancient Greek to phonological evidence for language contact in Vietnamese, from patterns of convergence in Neo-Aramaic to the development of the ergative in Basque. The volume contributes substantially to the debate surrounding core issues of language change: the role of the individual speaker, the nature of paths of grammaticalization, the role of contact, the interface of diachrony and synchrony, and many other issues. It should be useful to any reader hoping to gain insight into the nature of language change.
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 350] 2020. xi, 495 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 15 June 2020
Published online on 15 June 2020
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Foreword & Acknowledgements | pp. ix–xii
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Introduction | pp. 1–6
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Part I. Case & argument structure
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Strategies for aligning syntactic roles and case marking with semantic properties: The case of the accusative of respect in ancient GreekDomenica Romagno | pp. 9–28
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Criteria for subjecthood and non-canonical subjects in Classical GreekMarina Benedetti and Chiara Gianollo | pp. 29–48
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Parallel syncretism in early Indo-EuropeanSteve Rapaport | pp. 49–64
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Dative possessor in ditransitive Spanish predication, in diachronic perspectiveRosa María Ortiz Ciscomani | pp. 65–80
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‘Liking’ constructions in Spanish: The role of frequency and syntactic stimulus in constructional changeAndrea Mojedano Batel | pp. 81–106
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Part II. Alignment & Diathesis
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The actualization of new voice patterns in Romance: Persistence in diversityMichela Cennamo | pp. 109–142
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Ergative from passive in Proto-BasqueMikel Martínez-Areta | pp. 143–160
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Part III. Patterns, paradigms, & restructuring
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Synchrony, diachrony, and indexicalityHenning Andersen | pp. 163–182
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Ablaut pattern extension as partial regularization strategy in German and LuxembourgishJessica Nowak | pp. 183–204
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Remotivating inflectional classes: An unexpected effect of grammaticalizationLivio Gaeta | pp. 205–228
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From noun to quantifier: Pseudo-partitives and language changeJohanna L. Wood | pp. 229–250
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Part IV. Grammaticalization & construction grammar
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Old French si, grammaticalisation, and the interconnectedness of changeSam Wolfe | pp. 253–272
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The rise of the analytic Perfect aspect in the West Iranian languagesVit Bubenik and Leila Ziamajidi | pp. 273–292
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On the grammaticalization of the -(v)ši- resultative in North SlavicAndrii Danylenko | pp. 293–316
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Atomizing linguistic change: A radical viewDieter Stein | pp. 317–340
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Part V. Corpus linguistics & morphosyntax
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The rich get richer: Preferential attachment and the diachrony of light verbs in Old SwedishJohn D. Sundquist | pp. 343–362
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Expletives in Icelandic: A corpus studyHannah Booth | pp. 363–384
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Part VI. Languages in contact
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Contact and change in Neo-Aramaic dialectsGeoffrey Khan | pp. 387–408
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Copying of argument structure: A gap in borrowing scales and a new approach to model contact-induced changeCarola Trips | pp. 409–430
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Contact-induced change and the phonemicization of the vowel /ɑ/ in Quảng Nam VietnameseAndrea Hoa Pham | pp. 431–452
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The future markers in Palestinian Arabic:: Internal or external motivation for language change?Duaa AbuAmsha | pp. 453–472
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Neuters to none: A diachronic perspective on loanword gender in Bosnian/Croatian/SerbianMary Ann Walter | pp. 473–488
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Index of Subjects | pp. 489–492
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Index of Languages & language families | pp. 493–495
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFF: Historical & comparative linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009010: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative