Historical linguistics 2001 : selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 13-17 August 2001 / / edited by Barry J. Blake, Kate Burridge ; editorial assistant, Jo Taylor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824662203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2003
• ISBN: 1-282-16131-8; 9786612161315; 90-272-9660-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (454 pages)
• Collana: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 237
• Altri autori (Persone): BlakeBarry J; BurridgeKate; TaylorJo <1964->
• Disciplina: 417/.7
• Soggetti: Historical linguistics; Linguistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 2001 -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Contributors' addresses -- Preface -- Language contact and language change in Amazonia -- 1. Amazonian languages and comparative linguistics -- 2. Linguistic diffusion and grammatical borrowing -- 3. Language contact situations to be discussed -- 4. Prefixing, suffixing and marking grammatical relations in Tucanoan and in Arawak -- 5. Outcomes of language contact: discussion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Grammaticalization and the historical development of the genitive in Mainland Scandinavian -- 1. Preliminaries -- 2. The historical development of genitive morphology -- 3. The historical development of genitive functions -- 4. Degrammaticalization or increased grammaticalization? -- 5. Summary -- Notes -- References -- Beyond the comparative method? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. To believe or not to believe? -- 3. Multilateral comparison -- 4. Nichols -- 4.1. `Spread' vs. `accretion' zones problems -- 4.2. Typological `stability' -- 4.3. Binary splits -- 4.4. ; Time depths -- 4.5. Problems with the classification of languages and the sample -- 5. Dixon's approach: punctuated equilibrium -- 5.1. The status of punctuated equilibrium in biology -- 5.2. The view of human society -- 5.3. The problem of equilibrium without diffusion -- 5.4. The problem of equilibrium with diversification -- 5.5. Diffusion in punctuation -- 5.6. Conclusions concerning punctuated equilibrium -- 6. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- The transition from early to modern Portuguese -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Exploring the medieval Portuguese corpus: the social context of morphological changes -- 3. Towards a new proposal of periodisation -- Notes -- References -- Isomorphism and language change -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The verbal string and isomorphism.; 3. `Freezes' in the verbal string -- 3.1. Loss of a realis/irrealis contrast -- 3.2. Past participle plus auxiliary het ``have'' and the case of was gewees -- 3.3. Linking verb plus main verb -- 4. Isomorphism and subject identification -- 5. In conclusion -- References -- From purposive/future to present -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reconstructing a purposive/future *-(l)ku -- 3. Conservative uses of *-(l)ku as a purposive -- 4. The *-(l)ku suffix as a present tense -- 5. Between `purposive' and `present' - the Nyamal `prospective' -- 6. Purposive &gt -- Prospective &gt -- Present -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The formation of periphrastic perfects and passives in Europe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preliminaries -- 2.1. Proto-Indo-European -- 2.2. Greek -- 2.3. Latin -- 3. Innovation tied to diathetic expansion in Greek -- 3.1. Creation of the HAVE perfect -- 3.2. Creation of the BE (medio)passives -- 4. The role of HAVE in distinguishing BE perfect vs. BE passive -- 5. `Cluster of periphrastics' &amp -- subject orientation -- 6. Developments in Latin: the role of deponents -- 6.1. Evidence from Celtic -- 6.2. Greek influence on Latin deponents -- 7. `Greek accusative' -- 8. Larger considerations -- 8.1. PPP as an Indo-European construct -- 8.2. The rarity of the European periphrastic type -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The grammaticalization of movement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From pragmatics to grammar -- 3. Word order change in Nordic -- 3.1. Liberal landing rights: the subject position -- 3.2. Adjunction: extraposition -- 3.3. Adjunction: verb final order -- 3.4. Head-to-specifier movement: topicalization -- 4. Supporting evidence -- 4.1. Anaphor binding -- 4.2. pro -- 5. Conclusion -- Sources -- Notes -- References -- Paths of development for modal meanings -- 1. Introduction.; 2. The uses of the potential mood in the Finnic languages -- 2.1. Present-day Standard Finnish -- 2.2. Present-day Finnish dialects -- 2.3. Earlier stages of spoken Finnish -- 2.4. Karelian and the other Finnic languages -- 3. Generalisations in grammars -- 4. The functions of the potential mood in a diachronic perspective -- 4.1. The semantic development of the Finnic potential mood -- 4.2. The paths of developments for modal meanings -- 5. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- On degrammaticalization -- 1. Grammaticalization theory -- 2. Degrammaticalization -- 2.1. Loss of grammatical meaning -- 2.2. Mirror image reversal -- 2.3. Lexicalization -- 2.4. Euphemism -- 2.5. Exaptation -- 2.6. Adaptation -- 2.7. Replacement -- 2.8. `Upgrading' -- 2.9. Discussion -- 3. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Process inhibition in historical phonology -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Preliminary assumptions -- 2. Phonological processes and their inhibition -- 2.1. Historical phonology and synchronic phonology -- 2.2. What is lenition? -- 2.3. Lenition inhibition -- 3. Case studies: lenitions and their inhibition -- 3.1. The High German Consonant Shift -- 3.2. Lenition in Liverpool English -- 4. ; Lenition inhibition revisited: can we explain why processes are inhibited? -- 4.1. The prosodic inhibition of process innovation -- 4.2. The melodic inhibition of process innovation -- 5. Back-up and extension -- 5.1. The `English 1'176 Change' -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Reconsidering the canons of sound-change -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Romance vowel-prothesis -- 3. Northeastern Swiss German vowel-lowering ([o] &gt -- ["66]) -- 4. Contemporary English s-retraction to ["77] -- 5. Summation regarding sound-change -- Notes -- References -- Case in Middle Danish -- 1. Introduction.; 2. The orthographic and linguistic skills of the Danish medieval scribe -- 3. The double content case system -- 4. Examples of cohesive case in B 69 -- 5. Signs of cohesive case in other sources -- 6. Other changes in Middle Danish -- 7. The reinterpretation of the case system in Middle Danish -- 8. The role played by the change of stress pattern -- References -- The development of some Indonesian pronominal systems -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic sentence structures in some Indonesian languages: A description -- 2.1. `Two-transitive' system -- 2.2. `Single-transitive' systems: `Accusative-pattern' and `Ergative-pattern' systems -- 3. A comparison of Indonesian pronominal systems and forms -- 3.1. Proto Extra-Formosan Genitive pronouns and Indonesian pronominal forms -- 3.2. Internal morphosyntactic comparison -- 4. A comparison with the Proto Extra-Formosan System -- 4.1. Proto Extra-Formosan sentence structures -- 4.2. Proto Extra-Formosan and Indonesian sentence structures: A comparison -- 4.3. Development of an Accusative-pattern system -- 4.4. Word order change -- 5. Concluding remarks -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- References -- Morphological reconstruction as an etymological method -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lexical and morphological comparison -- 2.1. Lexical reconstruction: comparative wordlists vs. cognate sets -- 2.2. Morphological comparison: comparative tables vs. cognates -- 2.3. Morphological reconstruction and types of morphological change -- 3. Person inflection in Arandic kin nouns -- 3.1. Reconstruction of morphologisation -- 3.2. Reconstruction of demorphologisation -- 3.3. Summary of reconstruction of kin noun inflection -- 4. Arandic complex case markers -- 4.1. Allative -- 4.2. Comitative -- 4.3. Residues of nominal suffixes in *arle -- 4.4. Methodological summary -- 5. Summary and conclusion -- 5.1. Summary.; 5.2. Implications for reconstruction -- 5.3. Implications for Australian comparative linguistics -- Notes -- References -- Labovian principles of vowel shifting revisited -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Labovian principles -- 1.2. Reinterpretation of Labov's data and principles: `Vowel convection' -- 2. The New Zealand English (NZE) shift -- 3. The Cantonese vowel shift -- 3.1. NZE vowel shift and dialects of Guangdong -- 4. Discussion -- References -- Conventional implicature and language change -- Introduction -- 1. Markers of an unexpected identity -- 1.1. The bound morpheme -'263i and the emphatic pronouns -- 1.2. -'223i and the identity pronoun ``same'' -- 2. Stage II (18th c.): the decay of the bound morpheme -'263i -- 2.1. SIBI proper: Rom. reflexive dative pronouns -- 2.2. Lat. IPSE - Rom. însu'263i, as an alternate reinforcement pronoun -- 2.3. The Romanian emphatic pronoun însu'263i -- 3. Stage III: Modern Romanian -- 3.1. A new paradigm of identity -- 3.2. Stage IV (18th c.-): The decay of the emphatic pronouns -- 3.3. Adjectival SINGUR ``alone'' -- 4. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- The rise of IPs in the history of English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background assumptions -- 3. Theoretical assumptions: Higginbotham's (1985) theta-binding theory -- 4. Gerunds -- 4.1. Non-presence of a D system in OE -- 4.2. Non-presence of gerunds in OE -- 4.3. The emergence of gerunds -- 5. ; Infinitives -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. OE precursors of infinitives -- 5.3. The absence of INFL -- 5.4. The historical facts -- 5.5. My hypothesis -- 6. Concluding remark -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- From subject to object -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The form and the function of the obligation construction -- 3. The restructuration process of the obligation construction -- 4. The restructuration of the possibility construction -- 5. Conclusion.; Abbreviations.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a selection of papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held in Melbourne 13-17 August 2001, hosted by the Linguistics Program at La Trobe University. The papers range from the general theoretical to the study of particular languages and embrace most areas of linguistics, particularly morpho-syntax.