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Relative clauses in time and space : a case study in the methods of diachronic typology / / Rachel Hendery
| Relative clauses in time and space : a case study in the methods of diachronic typology / / Rachel Hendery |
| Autore | Hendery Rachel |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Collana | Typological studies in language (TSL) |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Relative clauses
Space and time in language Typology (Linguistics) Historical linguistics |
| ISBN |
9786613720795
9781280879487 1280879483 9789027273680 9027273685 |
| Classificazione | ET 700 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Relative Clauses in Time and Space; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 What is diachronic typology?; 1.1.1 Typology as a tool for investigating language change; 1.1.2 Historical linguistics as a tool for investigating typology; 1.2 About this book; 1.2.1 Demonstrating the methods of diachronic typology; 1.2.2 Why use relative clauses as a case study? Some methodological considerations; 1.3 A brief introduction to the relative clause; 1.3.1 What is a relative clause?
1.3.2 The types and subtypes of relative clauses1.3.3 Relative clause markers; 1.3.4 Relative clauses around the world; 1.3.5 Relative clauses through time; 2. Sources and extension of grammatical markers; 2.1 Types of relationship between grammatical markers; 2.2 Case studies of sources and extensions; 2.2.1 Pronouns; 2.2.2 Classifiers and generic nouns; 2.2.3 Discourse markers; 2.2.4 Possessives; 2.2.5 Comparatives; 2.2.6 Adverbial clauses; 2.2.7 Complement clauses; 2.2.8 General subordination; 2.2.9 Adjective markers; 2.2.10 General linkers; 2.2.11 Less well-documented extensions 2.3 Conclusions: What came from where, when and why?3. Other types of relationship between grammatical markers; 3.1 Redistribution of markers; 3.2 Loss of markers; 3.2.1 Loss and general typological change; 3.3 Formal changes; 3.3.1 From invariant complementiser to inflecting pronoun and vice versa; 3.3.2 From free-standing marker to verb affix; 3.4.1 Relative clause markers in space and time; 3.4.2 Relative clause markers and language contact; 3.4.3 Implications for the methods of diachronic typology; 4. Syntactic change in the development of RC constructions 4.1 The origins of embedded clauses4.2 Deranking and balancing of verb forms; 4.3 Correlatives; 4.4 Change in clause order; 4.4.1 Relative clauses that follow the head; 4.4.2 Relative clauses that precede the head; 4.5 Syntax: What's where, when and why?; 4.5.1 Stability; 4.5.2 Implications for the methods of diachronic typology; 5. Relevant factors in language change: The importance of contact; 5.1 'Basic word order' as a factor in relative clause change; 5.2 Other word order 'harmonies' as a factor in relative clause change; 5.3 Embedding as a factor in relative clause change 5.4 The relationship between grammatical marker type and syntactic change5.5 The relevance of language family affiliation to relative clause change; 5.6 Language contact and relative clause change; 5.7 The relative influence of internal and external factors; 6. Conclusions; 6.1 What's where when? Mapping relative clauses in three dimensions; 6.2 and why: Processes and mechanisms; 6.3 Language contact; 6.4 Implications for the structure of relative clauses; 6.5 Implications for taxonomies of relative clause types; 6.6 The methods of diachronic typology; References; Appendices A. Constructions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953314403321 |
Hendery Rachel
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A typology of purpose clauses / / Karsten Schmidtke-Bode
| A typology of purpose clauses / / Karsten Schmidtke-Bode |
| Autore | Schmidtke-Bode Karsten |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Company, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Collana | Typological studies in language |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Clauses
Grammar, Comparative and general - Subordinate constructions |
| ISBN |
9786612395437
9781282395435 1282395432 9789027288981 9027288984 |
| Classificazione | ET 700 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- Aims and scope of the book -- Theoretical and methodological foundations -- The grammar of purpose : documentation and explanation -- Purpose clauses in the syntactic and conceptual space of complex sentences -- Conclusion and outlook -- References. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910964704103321 |
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Schmidtke-Bode Karsten
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| Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Company, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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