This paper is about the current disconnect between synchronic and diachronic linguistics and the need for historical linguists to take the lead in addressing the big issues in morphology: how agglutination develops into fusion and symbolism, how these techniques are maintained through time, how… read more
The following comparison of Naturalness theory and Markedness theory contrasts naturalness scales and markedness relations and the distinct notions of value in the two theories in order to focus on recent advances in the identification of rules of naturalness syntax and markedness syntax. It is… read more
Taking Heine’s (2003) characterization of Grammaticalization as its point of departure, this paper proposes an elementary framework, and corresponding terminology, for the description of the most common types of historical change in grammar (changes in content, content syntax, expression, and… read more