Spanish Socio-Historical Linguistics: Isolation and contact
Edited by Whitney Chappell and Bridget Drinka
[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 12] 2021. v, 235 pp.
Bridget Drinka
List of John Benjamins publications for which Bridget Drinka plays a role.
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Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Romance linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Historical Linguistics 2017: Selected papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July – 4 August 2017
Edited by Bridget Drinka
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 350] 2020. xi, 495 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Latin influence on the syntax of the languages of Europe
Edited by Bert Cornillie and Bridget Drinka
[Belgian Journal of Linguistics, 33] 2019. v, 250 pp.
Subjects Theoretical linguistics
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2021. New perspectives on Spanish socio-historical linguistics. Spanish Socio-Historical Linguistics: Isolation and contact, Chappell, Whitney and Bridget Drinka (eds.), pp. 1–14
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2020. Chapter 17. Calquing a quirk: The perfect in the languages of Europe. Perfects in Indo-European Languages and Beyond, Crellin, Robert and Thomas Jügel (eds.), pp. 591–614
The have-perfect, found almost exclusively in western Europe, has been identified as a “European quirk, unparalleled elsewhere in the world” (Cysouw 2011: 425). The spread of this highly marked construction to adjacent varieties provides us with an exceptional opportunity to observe the conditions… read more | Chapter
2019. Latin influence on the syntax of the languages of Europe: Foundations and new perspectives. Latin influence on the syntax of the languages of Europe, Cornillie, Bert and Bridget Drinka (eds.), pp. 1–10
This special issue explores the role of Latin in shaping the syntactic patterns of the European languages. Among the key issues examined are the identification of sources of syntactic change, whether internal or external, the chronologization of these changes, and their actualization. Authors have… read more | Article
2019. The role of roofing: Latin influence on the development of the perfects in Europe. Latin influence on the syntax of the languages of Europe, Cornillie, Bert and Bridget Drinka (eds.), pp. 125–149
This paper presents evidence in support of the claim that Latin played a significant role as a ‘roof language’ in the languages of western Europe. It focuses on the role that Latin played at three stages of the development of the perfects in western Europe: first, as a conduit of the ‘sacral stamp… read more | Article
2019. Chapter 16. Perfecting the notion of Sprachbund: Perfects and resultatives in the “Stratified Convergence Zones” of Europe. Historical Linguistics 2015: Selected papers from the 22nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Naples, 27-31 July 2015, Cennamo, Michela and Claudia Fabrizio (eds.), pp. 319–342
In response to recent skepticism concerning the relevance of the concept of the Sprachbund, this paper argues that there is value in preserving the notion, but only with substantial updating. What is proposed here is a more dynamic, three-dimensional depiction of the linguistic area, as embodied in… read more | Chapter
2015. Sources of auxiliation in the perfects of Europe. On Multiple Source Constructions in Language Change, De Smet, Hendrik, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 129–174
This paper explores the complex role of language contact in the development of be and have auxiliation in the periphrastic perfects of Europe. Beginning with the influence of Ancient Greek on Latin, it traces the spread of the category across western Europe and identifies the Carolingian scribal… read more | Article
2013. Sources of auxiliation in the perfects of Europe. On multiple source constructions in language change, De Smet, Hendrik, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 599–644
This paper explores the complex role of language contact in the development of be and have auxiliation in the periphrastic perfects of Europe. Beginning with the influence of Ancient Greek on Latin, it traces the spread of the category across western Europe and identifies the Carolingian scribal… read more | Article
2009. The *-to-/-no- construction of Indo-European: Verbal adjective or past passive participle?. Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages: Papers presented at the workshop on Indo-European Linguistics at the XVIIIth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Montreal, 2007, Bubenik, Vit, John Hewson and Sarah Rose (eds.), pp. 141–158
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2008. Review of Wiemer & Giger (2005): Resultativa in den nordslavischen und baltischen Sprachen: Bestandsaufnahme unter arealen und grammatikalisierungstheoretischen Gesichtspunkten. Studies in Language 32:2, pp. 476–482
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2007. The development of the HAVE perfect: Mutual influences of Greek and Latin. Split Auxiliary Systems: A cross-linguistic perspective, Aranovich, Raúl (ed.), pp. 101–121
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2003. The development of the perfect in Indo-European: Stratigraphic evidence of prehistoric areal influence. Language Contacts in Prehistory: Studies in Stratigraphy, Andersen, Henning (ed.), pp. 77–105
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2003. The formation of periphrastic perfects and passives in Europe: An areal approach. Historical Linguistics 2001: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 13–17 August 2001, Blake, Barry J. and Kate Burridge (eds.), pp. 105–128
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1998. The Evolution of Grammar: Evidence from Indo-European Perfects. Historical Linguistics 1997: Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Düsseldorf, 10–17 August 1997, Schmid, Monika S., Jennifer R. Austin and Dieter Stein (eds.), pp. 117 ff.
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1995. Areal linguistics in prehistory: evidence from Indo-European aspect. Historical Linguistics 1993: Selected papers from the 11th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Los Angeles, 16–20 August 1993, Andersen, Henning (ed.), pp. 143 ff.
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