Autore	Campbell Lyle
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (ix, 536 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	401/.2
Soggetto topico	Comparative linguistics Language and languages
ISBN	1-107-18412-6 1-281-75117-0 9786611751173 0-511-41450-1 0-511-48690-1 0-511-41518-4 0-511-41289-4 0-511-41196-0 0-511-41381-5
Classificazione	17.14
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction: how are languages shown to be related to one another? -- The beginning of comparative linguistics -- "Asiatic Jones, oriental Jones": Sir William Jones' role in the raise of comparative linguistics -- Consolidation of comparative linguistics -- How some languages were shown to belong to indo-European -- Comparative linguistics of other language families and regions -- How to show languages are related: the methods -- The philosophical-psychological-typological-evolutionary approach to language relationships -- Assessment of proposed distant generic relationships -- Beyond the comparative method? -- Why and how do languages diversify and spread? -- What can we learn about the earliest human language by comparing languages known today? -- Conclusions: Anticipating the future -- Appendix: Hypothesized distant genetic relationships.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454704803321

Autore	Campbell Lyle
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (ix, 536 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina	401/.2
Soggetto topico	Comparative linguistics Language and languages
ISBN	1-107-18412-6 1-281-75117-0 9786611751173 0-511-41450-1 0-511-48690-1 0-511-41518-4 0-511-41289-4 0-511-41196-0 0-511-41381-5
Classificazione	17.14
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction: how are languages shown to be related to one another? -- The beginning of comparative linguistics -- "Asiatic Jones, oriental Jones": Sir William Jones' role in the raise of comparative linguistics -- Consolidation of comparative linguistics -- How some languages were shown to belong to indo-European -- Comparative linguistics of other language families and regions -- How to show languages are related: the methods -- The philosophical-psychological-typological-evolutionary approach to language relationships -- Assessment of proposed distant generic relationships -- Beyond the comparative method? -- Why and how do languages diversify and spread? -- What can we learn about the earliest human language by comparing languages known today? -- Conclusions: Anticipating the future -- Appendix: Hypothesized distant genetic relationships.
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2006
Descrizione fisica	vii, 277 p
Disciplina	415
Altri autori (Persone)	AranovichRaúl
Collana	Typological studies in language
Soggetto topico	Grammar, Comparative and general - Auxiliaries Language and languages - Variation
ISBN	1-282-15468-0 9786612154683 90-272-9256-6
Classificazione	17.52 17.14
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910782167103321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2006
Descrizione fisica	vii, 277 p
Disciplina	415
Altri autori (Persone)	AranovichRaul
Collana	Typological studies in language
Soggetto topico	Grammar, Comparative and general - Auxiliaries Language and languages - Variation
ISBN	9786612154683 9781282154681 1282154680 9789027292568 9027292566
Classificazione	17.52 17.14
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Split Auxiliary Systems -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Split auxiliary selection from a cross-linguistic perspective -- 1. Auxiliary selection and split intransitivity -- 2. The Unaccusative Hypothesis and split auxiliary selection -- 3. Semantics of auxiliary selection -- 4. Other unaccusative tests -- 5. Mismatches among tests -- 6. Verbs of variable behavior -- 7. Mismatches across languages or dialects -- 8. Diachronic and sociolinguistic factors in auxiliary selection -- 9. Conclusions and contents of the volume -- References -- Transitivity parameters and auxiliary selection by L2 students of German -- 1. Literature review -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Accuracy of production -- 4. Influence of parameters -- 4.1. Number of participants -- 4.2. Telicity -- 4.3. Punctuality -- 5. Decision making -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix A. Questionnaire -- Part A -- Student Questionnaire -- Part B -- References -- An irrealis BE auxiliary in Romanian* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fi and unaccusatives -- 2.1. Morphologic status -- 2.2. Tense morphology -- 2.3. Past participle agreement -- 2.4. Past participle and adjective coordination -- 3. The auxiliary fi -- 3.1. The auxiliary status -- 3.2. The distribution of the auxiliary fi -- 3.3. The inflection of the auxiliary fi -- 3.4. A syntactic structure for the auxiliary fi -- 3.5. Fi in other checking 9configurations3 -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Auxiliary selection and split intransitivity in Paduan -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Split intransitivity: A multidimensional, gradient view -- 3. Split intransitivity in Paduan -- 3.1. Loci of invariance and variation -- 4. Variation in the encoding of split intransitivity in Paduan and the auxiliary selection hierarchy -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- The development of the HAVE perfect. 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Evidence from Classical Greek -- 4. The Influence of Greek on Classical Latin -- 5. Later developments in Greek: Christianity and Anti-Sophism in the Koiné -- 6. The role of Latin influence on Greek -- 7. The role of Christianity in Latin -- 8. Conclusion -- Primary sources -- References -- Agentivity versus auxiliary choice -- 1. Introduction -- 2. German auxiliary selection and unaccusativity -- 3. Pronominal binding in AcIs -- 3.1. Accusativus cum Infintivo (AcI) -- 3.2. Previous accounts of AcI-embedded pronominals -- 4. Pronominal binding and agentivity -- 4.1. Reconsidering the facts -- 4.2. A structural analysis -- 5. Agentivity versus auxiliary choice -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Optimizing auxiliary selection in Romance* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Auxiliary Selection Hierarchy -- 3. Optimizing auxiliary selection -- 3.1. Event features -- 3.2. Harmonic alignment -- 3.3. Formulating a A Power Hierarchy -- 3.4. Establishing the language-particular ranking of E -- 3.5. Verifying predictions in French and Italian -- 4. General predictions of the OT analysis -- 5. Diachronic predictions -- 6. Indeterminacy in auxiliary selection -- 7. The larger debate: Unaccusativity -- References -- Auxiliary selection in Chinese* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Locative inversion -- 2.1. Intransitive verbs -- 2.2. Transitive verbs -- 3. Auxiliary selection -- 3.1. Verbs of change -- 3.2. States -- 3.3. Processes -- 4. Semantic determinants -- 4.1. Hu (1995) and Yang and Pan (2001) -- 4.2. Three factors -- 5. Syntactic approaches -- 5.1. Huang (1990) -- 5.2. Yu (1995) -- 5.3. Pan (1996) -- 5.4. Summary -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Parameterized auxiliary selection -- 0. Introduction -- 1. A brief review: Is auxiliary verb selection a reliable verb class diagnostic?. 2. The Auxiliary Selection Hierarchy: An approach to unaccusative mismatches -- 2.1. The theory: Two semantic dimensions in a hierarchy of verb types -- 2.2. Experimental evidence: Keller & -- Sorace (2003) -- 2.3. Questions and issues -- 3. Parameterized Linking: An alternative account -- 3.1. Linking rules, compositional linking, and language-internal variation -- 3.2. Cross-linguistic variation: Parameterized linking rule systems -- 3.3. Where linking rules do not decide: Indeterminate linking, default linking, multiple CSs and competing rules -- 3.4. Parameterized linking rules and inconsistent diagnostics -- 4. Support for Parameterized Linking: Experimental data -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Particle selection in Korean auxiliary formation* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Preliminary issues -- 2.1. Grammaticalizing forms -- 2.2. Serial verb constructions -- 2.3. Particles -- 3. Auxiliaries from the existence verb issta -- 3.1. The past path -- 3.2. Diachronic development -- 3.3. The progressive path -- 3.4. The future path -- 4. Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Language use and auxiliary selection in the perfect* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A usage-based model of language storage and processing -- 3. The role of frequency in the replacement of be in English -- 4. Auxiliary selection in German -- 4.1. The stability of auxiliary selection in German -- 4.2. The effects of frequency on the stability of auxiliary selection in German -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Language index -- Name index -- Subject index -- The series Typological Studies in Language.
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