Reconstructing Grammar
Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization
Editor
Comparative linguistics and grammaticalization theory both belong to the broader category of historical linguistics, yet few linguists practice both. The methods and goals of each group seem largely distinct: comparative linguists have by and large avoided reconstructing grammar, while grammaticalization theoreticians have either focused on explaining attested historical change or used internal reconstruction to formulate hypotheses about processes of change. In this collection, some of the leading voices in grammaticalization theory apply their methods to comparative data (largely drawn from indigenous languages of the Americas), showing not only that grammar can be reconstructed, but that the process of reconstructing grammar can yield interesting theoretical and typological insights.
[Typological Studies in Language, 43] 2000. xiv, 269 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 October 2008
Published online on 21 October 2008
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vii
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Areal typology and grammaticalization: The emergence of new verbal morphology in an obsolescent languageAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald | p. 1
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Florescence as a Force in GrammaticalizationWallace Chafe | p. 39
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On the Genesis of the Verb Phrase in Cariban Languages: Diversity through ReanalysisSpike Gildea | p. 65
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Internal reconstruction: As method, as theoryT. Givón | p. 107
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The Concept of Proof in Genetic LinguisticsJoseph H. Greenberg | p. 161
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Grammaticalization chains across languages: An example from KhoisanBernd Heine | p. 177
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The accidental intransitive split in the Cariban familySérgio Meira | p. 201
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The reordering of morphemesMarianne Mithun | p. 231
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Language and Language Family Index | p. 259
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Name Index | p. 261
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Subject Index | p. 267
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General