Studies in Typology and Diachrony
Papers presented to Joseph H. Greenberg on his 75th birthday
Editors
Joseph H. Greenberg is a towering figure in late twentieth century linguistics. His major contributions in the field have been in the area of typology and universals, virtually launched by his paper on word order universals, and in diachronic linguistics. The major thrust of Greenberg's work in the past three decades has been in the fusion of these two approaches to linguistic explanation into one, diachronic typology, the cross-linguistic analysis of languages as dynamic systems.This volume honors Greenberg on the occasion of his 75th birthday. It opens with an introduction discussing Greenberg's work at length and a full bibliography of his publications. It contains ten papers in typology, diachronic theory and diachronic typology by some of the leading linguists working in the research tradition inspired by Greenberg's work.
[Typological Studies in Language, 20] 1990. xxxiv, 243 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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List of abbreviations | p. vii
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Typology and diachrony in the work of Joseph H. GreenbergWilliam A. Croft, Keith Denning and Suzanne Kemmer | p. ix
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Bibliography of the published works of Joseph H. Greenberg | p. xix
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On the asymmetries in the affixation of grammatical materialJoan L. Bybee, William Pagliuca and Revere D. Perkins | p. 1
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Prolegomena to a typology of Tough MovementBernard Comrie and Stephen Matthews | p. 43
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From esses to aitches: identifying pathways of diachronic changeCharles A. Ferguson | p. 59
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Schizophrenic complementizersJohn Haiman | p. 79
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Seeking motives for change in typological varationJohn A. Hawkins | p. 95
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The dative in Ik and KanuriBernd Heine | p. 129
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Where do words come from?Paul J. Hopper | p. 151
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Towards lexical typologyChristian Lehmann | p. 161
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A dimensional view on numeral systemsHansjakob Seiler | p. 187
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The puzzle of Ngäbére auxiliaries: Grammatical reconstruction in Chibchan and MisumalpanPhil Young and T. Givón | p. 209
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General