Brian D. Joseph

List of John Benjamins publications for which Brian D. Joseph plays a role.

Book series

Journal

ISSN 0176-4225 | E-ISSN 1569-9714

Titles

Perspectives on Language Structure and Language Change: Studies in honor of Henning Andersen

Edited by Lars Heltoft, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 345] 2019. ix, 419 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

Themes in Greek Linguistics: Volume II

Edited by Brian D. Joseph, Geoffrey C. Horrocks and Irene Philippaki-Warburton

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 159] 1998. x, 335 pp.
Subjects Other Indo-European languages | Theoretical linguistics

Nostratic: Sifting the Evidence

Edited by Joseph C. Salmons and Brian D. Joseph

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 142] 1998. vi, 293 pp.
Subjects Historical linguistics

Clitics: A comprehensive bibliography 1892–1991

Joel A. Nevis, Brian D. Joseph, Dieter Wanner and Arnold M. Zwicky

[Library and Information Sources in Linguistics, 22] 1994. xxxviii, 274 pp.
Subjects Bibliographies in linguistics | Morphology | Syntax

Articles

Joseph, Brian D. and Joseph C. Salmons 2022 Ernst Frideryk Konrad Koerner: In memoriamDiachronica 39:5, pp. 613–615
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Joseph, Brian D. 2020 System-internal and system-external phonic expressivity: Iconicity and Balkan affricatesOperationalizing Iconicity, Perniss, Pamela, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 105–122
The expressive function of language as realized phonically is explored here through an examination of the major role that affricates play in various Balkan languages, but especially Greek and Albanian, in marking words as showing emotion, affect, color, and similar sorts of expressive dimensions.… read more | Chapter
Dawson, Hope C. and Brian D. Joseph 2019 Andersen (1973) and dichotomies of changePerspectives on Language Structure and Language Change: Studies in honor of Henning Andersen, Heltoft, Lars, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler (eds.), pp. 13–34
Henning Andersen in his well-known and oft-cited (1973) article “Abductive and deductive change” (language 49(4).765–793) distinguishes two types of language change: evolutive change – defined as “change entirely explainable in terms of the linguistic system that gave rise to it” – and adaptive… read more | Chapter
Heltoft, Lars, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler 2019 Perspectives on language structure and language change: An introductionPerspectives on Language Structure and Language Change: Studies in honor of Henning Andersen, Heltoft, Lars, Iván Igartua, Brian D. Joseph, Kirsten Jeppesen Kragh and Lene Schøsler (eds.), pp. 1–10
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Joseph, Brian D. 2019 Can there be language continuity in language contact?Language Contact, Continuity and Change in the Genesis of Modern Hebrew, Doron, Edit, Malka Rappaport Hovav, Yael Reshef and Moshe Taube (eds.), pp. 257–286
The paper argues that contact-induced change is no more unusual or “inorganic” than any sort of language change, and that it does not affect the basic continuity that language transmission across generations ensures. Language continuity depends on an unbroken line of transmission, which may be… read more | Chapter
Friedman, Victor A. and Brian D. Joseph 2018 Chapter 2. Non-nominative and depersonalized subjects in the Balkans: Areality vs. genealogyNon-Canonically Case-Marked Subjects: The Reykjavík-Eyjafjallajökull papers, Barðdal, Jóhanna, Na'ama Pat-El and Stephen Mark Carey (eds.), pp. 23–54
The languages of the Balkan sprachbund are surveyed here with regard to their constructions that show non-nominative subjects, typically in impersonal constructions. The issue of origins is considered, specifically as to whether these constructions represent inheritances from some earlier stage of… read more | Chapter
Analysis of agricultural vocabulary remains one of the most compelling methodologies bearing on Renfrew’s Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis, by which the reconstructed lexicon for a proto-language of a well-dispersed language family is predicted to contain several agricultural items. Mostly,… read more | Chapter
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Joseph, Brian D. 2016 Being exacting about exapting: An exaptation omnibusExaptation and Language Change, Norde, Muriel and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 37–55
For historical linguists, exaptation is an attractive notion, offering an overt link with biological evolution. Nonetheless, one can ask whether it represents something substantive about linguistic change or is merely an appealing metaphor. I critically assess exaptation, using case studies… read more | Article
Joseph, Brian D. 2015 Multiple sources and multiple causes multiply exploredOn Multiple Source Constructions in Language Change, De Smet, Hendrik, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 205–221
Multiple sources abound in language, at all levels of linguistic analysis (phonology, syntax, semantics, etc.), and in a range of historical pursuits, including etymology and variationist investigations. From a methodological standpoint, moreover, recognizing multiple sources is often good… read more | Article
Johnson, Cynthia A. and Brian D. Joseph 2014 Morphology and syntax … and semantics … and pragmatics: Deconstructing “semantic agreement”Morphology and its interfaces: Syntax, semantics and the lexicon, Amiot, Dany, Delphine Tribout, Natalia Grabar, Cédric Patin and Fayssal Tayalati (eds.), pp. 306–321
Agreement minimally involves interaction between morphology and syntax, as a target’s features vary according to the morphological form of a controller in a given syntactic context. However, semantics can also play a role, and the term “semantic agreement” has been used to describe various… read more | Article
Joseph, Brian D. 2014 Chapter 4. On arguing from diachrony for paradigmsParadigm Change: In the Transeurasian languages and beyond, Robbeets, Martine and Walter Bisang (eds.), pp. 89–102
Paradigms hold a special place in most linguistic descriptions and are often crucial in linguistic reconstruction and in the determining genealogical relations. Nonetheless, theoreticians debate whether paradigms constitute a necessary basic construct or instead are secondary, deriving from other… read more | Chapter
Koch, Harold, Robert Mailhammer, Robert Blust, Claire Bowern, Don Daniels, Alexandre François, Simon J. Greenhill, Brian D. Joseph, Lawrence A. Reid, Malcolm D. Ross and Paul J. Sidwell 2014 Research priorities in historical-comparative linguistics: A view from Asia, Australia and the PacificDiachronica 31:2, pp. 267–278
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Joseph, Brian D. 2013 Chapter 3. Demystifying drift: A variationist accountShared Grammaticalization: With special focus on the Transeurasian languages, Robbeets, Martine and Hubert Cuyckens (eds.), pp. 43–66
The notion of drift in language change has often been given a somewhat mystical interpretation, as a sort of linguistic “invisible hand”. However, it can be given substance through the recognition of proto-language variability. That is, if variable elements of a proto-language are inherited into… read more | Chapter
Joseph, Brian D. 2013 Multiple sources and multiple causes multiply exploredOn multiple source constructions in language change, De Smet, Hendrik, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 675–691
Multiple sources abound in language, at all levels of linguistic analysis (phonology, syntax, semantics, etc.), and in a range of historical pursuits, including etymology and variationist investigations. From a methodological standpoint, moreover, recognizing multiple sources is often good… read more | Article
Joseph, Brian D. 2013 Deixis and person in the development of Greek personal pronominal paradigmsDeixis and Pronouns in Romance Languages, Kragh, Kirsten Jeppesen and Jan Lindschouw (eds.), pp. 19–32
The historical development of the singular personal pronouns in Greek from the Classical language into Modern Greek is presented here with attention first of all to the ways in which sound change, analogy, and semantic change shape the paradigms. In addition, the role that the notions of deixis and… read more | Article
Dialectology in large part is about drawing boundaries and charting the diffusion of linguistic features. Such pursuits have varied applications in the Balkans, where the spread of features, generally on a very localistic basis, often transcends the traditional distinctions between dialects and… read more | Article
Joseph, Brian D. 2008 Historical linguistics in 2008: The state of the artUnity and Diversity of Languages, Sterkenburg, Piet van (ed.), pp. 175–187
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Joseph, Brian D. 2004 Rescuing traditional (historical) linguistics from grammaticalization theoryUp and down the Cline – The Nature of Grammaticalization, Fischer, Olga, Muriel Norde and Harry Perridon (eds.), pp. 45–71
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Joseph, Brian D. 2003 14. EvidentialsStudies in Evidentiality, Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. and R.M.W. Dixon (eds.), pp. 307–327
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Joseph, Brian D. 2001 Joseph’s Jottings — A FinaleDiachronica 18:2, pp. 399–401
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Joseph, Brian D. 2001 Editorial: Time and changeDiachronica 18:1, pp. 1–2
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Davidse, Kristin and Brian D. Joseph 2000 Jan Firbas 1921-2000Functions of Language 7:2, pp. 273–277
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Joseph, Brian D. 2000 Textual Authenticity: Evidence from Medieval GreekTextual Parameters in Older Languages, Herring, Susan C., Pieter van Reenen and Lene Schøsler (eds.), pp. 309 ff.
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Joseph, Brian D. 1999 EditorialDiachronica 16:1, pp. iii–iv
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Joseph, Brian D. 1999 Joseph's Jottings — Turning a Ko(e)rnerDiachronica 16:2, pp. 409–412
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Joseph, Brian D. and Craig Hilts 1998 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 15:1, pp. 189–205
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Joseph, Brian D. and Craig Hilts 1998 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 15:2, pp. 392–402
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Salmons, Joseph C. and Brian D. Joseph 1998 IntroductionNostratic: Sifting the Evidence, Salmons, Joseph C. and Brian D. Joseph (eds.), pp. 1 ff.
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Joseph, Brian D. and Victoria Lady Welby 1997 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 14:2, pp. 397–404
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Joseph, Brian D. and Victoria Lady Welby 1997 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 14:1, pp. 183–196
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Joseph, Brian D. and Charlotte Christ 1996 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 13:2, pp. 395–406
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Joseph, Brian D., Hyeon-Seok Kang and Marilyn Blackwell 1996 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 13:1, pp. 197–205
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Joseph, Brian D. and E.F.K. Koerner † 1995 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 12:1, pp. 147–154
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Joseph, Brian D. and E.F.K. Koerner † 1995 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 12:2, pp. 291–302
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Janda, Richard D., Brian D. Joseph and Neil G. Jacobs 1994 Systematic Hyperforeignisms as Maximally External Evidence for Linguistic RulesThe Reality of Linguistic Rules, Lima, Susan D., Roberta Corrigan and Gregory Iverson, pp. 67 ff.
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Joseph, Brian D. 1994 On weak subjects and pro-drop in GreekThemes in Greek Linguistics: Papers from the First International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Reading, September 1993, Philippaki-Warburton, Irene, Katerina Nicolaidis and Maria Sifianou (eds.), pp. 21 ff.
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Joseph, Brian D. and E.F.K. Koerner † 1994 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 11:1, pp. 147–156
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Kang, Hyeon-Seok, Brian D. Joseph and E.F.K. Koerner † 1994 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 11:2, pp. 293–304
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Joseph, Brian D. and Carol F. Justus 1993 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 10:1, pp. 151–164
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Joseph, Brian D. and E.F.K. Koerner † 1993 Publications Received/Ouvrages Reçus/Eingegangene SchriftenDiachronica 10:2, pp. 317–328
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Wallace, Rex E. and Brian D. Joseph 1993 On the Development of PIE *gh/gh in Faliscan: A Response to PicardDiachronica 10:1, pp. 144–150
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Joseph, Brian D. 1992 Diachronic explanation: putting speakers back into the pictureExplanation in Historical Linguistics, Davis, Garry W. and Gregory Iverson (eds.), pp. 123 ff.
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Joseph, Brian D. and Rex E. Wallace 1991 Is Faliscan a Local Latin Patois?Diachronica 8:2, pp. 159–186
SUMMARY Faliscan clearly shows affinities with Latin, but the exact nature of the relationship between the two languages has not met with complete acceptance. Some scholars treat Faliscan as nothing more than a 'rural dialect' of Latin, though the inexactness of the designation 'dialectal Latin'… read more | Article
SUMMARY Iconic elements are generally held to be problematic for the purposes of etymological investigation, for they often show synchronic oddities and behave irregularly from a diachronic standpoint. However, it is possible, under the appropriate circumstances, to use such elements to advantage… read more | Article
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