Interdependence of Diachronic and Synchronic Analyses

Editors

Folke Josephson | University of Gothenburg

Ingmar Söhrman | University of Gothenburg

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The focus of this volume is the interdependence of diachrony and synchrony in the investigation of syntactic structure. A diverse set of modern and ancient languages is investigated from this perspective, including Hittite, the Classical languages, Old Norse, Coptic, Bantu languages, Australian languages and Creoles. A variety of topics are covered, including TAM, diathesis, valency, case marking, cliticization, and grammaticalization. This volume should be of interest to

syntacticians, typologists, and historical linguists with an interest in syntax and morphology.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 103] 2008. viii, 350 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 19 September 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.103

Table of Contents

Contributors | pp. vii–viii

Introduction | pp. 1–11

Synchronic and diachronic evidence for parallels between noun phrases and sentences

Jan Rijkhoff | pp. 13–42

The development of tense, mood, and aspect in the creole languages, and the typology of affix order

Peter Bakker | pp. 43–59

Aspectual oppositions from Proto-Indo-European to Latin

Dag T.T. Haug | pp. 61–72

On the development of actionality, tense, and viewpoint from Early to Late Latin

Gerd V.M. Haverling | pp. 73–104

Continuity and change: The history of two Greek tenses

Eva-Carin Gerö and Hans Ruge | pp. 105–129

Actionality and aspect in Hittite

Folke Josephson | pp. 131–147

Imperfectivity and complete events

Atle Grønn | pp. 149–165

Predicative verbs of transition in Portuguese and Spanish: A cognitive approach to aspect, aktionsart, and tense

Ingmar Söhrman and Kåre Nilsson | pp. 167–184

The Old Nordic Middle Voice in the pre-literary period: Questions of grammaticalisation and cliticisation

Kjartan G. Ottósson | pp. 185–219

The relevance of tense and aspect in Semitic Languages: The case of Hebrew and Arabic

Sven-Olof Dahlgren | pp. 221–247

The verb phrase in the Kerebe language

Christina Thornell | pp. 249–281

Comparative TAM morphology in Niger-Congo: The case of persistive, and some other markers in Bantu

Jouni Filip Maho | pp. 283–298

Indexicals as sources of case markers in Australian languages

William B. McGregor | pp. 299–321

Differential object marking in Sahidic Coptic

Åke Engsheden | pp. 323–344

Index | pp. 345–350

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