Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives
Edited by Foong Ha Yap, Karen Grunow-Hårsta and Janick Wrona
[Typological Studies in Language, 96] 2011. xvii, 796 pp.
Janick Wrona
List of John Benjamins publications for which Janick Wrona plays a role.
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Subjects Historical linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Articles
2011 A case of non-derived stand-alone nominalization: Evidence from Japanese Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives, Yap, Foong Ha, Karen Grunow-Hårsta and Janick Wrona (eds.), pp. 423–444 | Article
It has been argued that stand-alone nominalizations derive from a copula-type nominalization (Yap, Matthews & Horie 2004; Yap & Matthews 2008). This paper takes a detailed look at the history of a stand-alone type main-clause nominalization in Japanese and argues that there is no evidence for this… read more
2011 Introduction: Nominalization strategies in Asian languages Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives, Yap, Foong Ha, Karen Grunow-Hårsta and Janick Wrona (eds.), pp. 1–58 | Article
This paper examines a wide range of nominalization strategies found in Asian languages, and identifies robust grammaticalization pathways that trace the life of versatile nominalizers, particularly those that develop from light nouns and noun phrase markers such as classifiers, plural markers,… read more
2008 The Nominal and Adnominal forms in Old Japanese: Consequences for a reconstruction of pre-Old Japanese syntax Proto-Japanese: Issues and Prospects, Frellesvig, Bjarke and John Whitman (eds.), pp. 193–215 | Article