03605nam 2200661 a 450 991095803850332120200520144314.09786612162824978128216282212821628299781556196584155619658X97890272985609027298564(CKB)1000000000520685(SSID)ssj0000283495(PQKBManifestationID)11258137(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283495(PQKBWorkID)10251370(PQKB)11157886(MiAaPQ)EBC623042(DE-B1597)720349(DE-B1597)9789027298560(EXLCZ)99100000000052068520000825d2000 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrReconstructing grammar comparative linguistics and grammaticalization /edited by Spike Gildea1st ed.Amsterdam ;[Great Britain] John Benjaminsc20001 online resource (283 pages)Typological studies in language,0167-7373 ;vol. 43These papers were presented in preliminary form at the Seventh Rice University Symposium on Linguistics, held at Rice University in Houston, Texas, March 26-29, 1997-p. ix.9789027229441 9027229449 9789027229458 9027229457 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.RECONSTRUCTING GRAMMAR -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Areal typology and grammaticalization: The emergence of new verbal morphology in an obsolescent language -- Florescence as a Force in Grammaticalization -- On the Genesis of the Verb Phrase in Cariban Languages: Diversity through Reanalysis -- Internal reconstruction: As method, as theory -- The Concept of Proof in Genetic Linguistics -- Grammaticalization chains across languages: An example from Khoisan -- The accidental intransitive split in the Cariban family -- The reordering of morphemes -- Language and Language Family Index -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- The Series TYPOLOGICAL STUDIES IN LANGUAGE.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 ;v. 43.Comparative linguisticsCongressesGrammar, Comparative and generalCongressesComparative linguisticsGrammar, Comparative and general410EE 2050rvkGildea Spike1800604MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958038503321Reconstructing grammar4345457UNINA