Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Linguistics and Grammaticalization (Typological Studies in Language, Band 43) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155619658X ISBN 13: 9781556196584

Verlag: John Benjamins Pub Co, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 155619658X
• ISBN 13: 9781556196584
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 267
• Herausgeber: Gildea Spike
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