Author : Elizabeth Closs Traugott
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027235015
The studies in this volume are revised versions of a selection from the papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, held at Stanford University on 26 30 March 1979. Papers at this conference, and in this volume, treat aspects of all current topics in historical linguistics, including topics that are only recently considered relevant, such as acquisition, structure, and language use.
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Page : 437 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 1980
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Author : Roger Eaton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 17,15 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027235317
These papers are a selection from papers presented at the 4th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Amsterdam, 1985). Most studies deal with some aspect of an earlier stage of English, though present day varieties of English are also under investigation. Many of the papers show that there is a growing interest in the question why a certain change has taken place. Furthermore, the volume contains a considerable number of papers on historical syntax.
Author : Bridget Drinka
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027261679
The collected articles in this volume address an array of cutting-edge issues in the field of historical linguistics, including new theoretical approaches and innovative methodologies for studying language through a diachronic lens. The articles focus on the following themes: I. Case & Argument Structure, II. Alignment & Diathesis, III. Patterns, Paradigms, & Restructuring, IV. Grammaticalization & Construction Grammar, V. Corpus Linguistics & Morphosyntax, VI. Languages in Contact. Papers reflect a wide range of perspectives, and focus on issues and data from an array of languages and language families, from new analyses of case and argument structure in Ancient Greek to phonological evidence for language contact in Vietnamese, from patterns of convergence in Neo-Aramaic to the development of the ergative in Basque. The volume contributes substantially to the debate surrounding core issues of language change: the role of the individual speaker, the nature of paths of grammaticalization, the role of contact, the interface of diachrony and synchrony, and many other issues. It should be useful to any reader hoping to gain insight into the nature of language change.
Author : Michela Cennamo
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 37,99 MB
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027262454
The collection of articles presented in this volume addresses a number of general theoretical, methodological and empirical issues in the field of Historical Linguistics, in different levels of analysis and on different themes: (i) phonology, (ii) morphology, (iii) morphosyntax, (iv) syntax, (v) diachronic typology, (vi) semantics and pragmatics, and (vii) language contact, variation and diffusion. The topics discussed, often in a comparative perspective, feature a variety of languages and language families and cover a wide range of research areas. Novel analyses and often new diachronic data — also from less known and under-investigated languages — are provided to the debate on the principles, mechanisms, paths and models of language change, as well as the relationship between synchronic variation and diachrony. The volume is of interest to scholars of different persuasions working on all aspects of language change.
Author : Monique Dufresne
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027248249
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Author : Joe Salmons
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 32,86 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027247995
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Author : Irén Heged?s
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027248435
The use of linguistic forms derived from the lexicon denoting sacred entities is often subject to tabooing behaviour. In the 15th and 16th century phrases like by gogges swete body or by cockes bones allowed speakers to address God without really saying the name; cf. Hock (1991: 295). The religious interjections based on the phonetically corrupt gog and cock are evidenced to have gained currency in the 16th century. In the 17th century all interjections based on religious appellations ceased to appear on stage in accordance with the regulations of the Act to Rest.
Author : H. Borkent
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 950 pages
File Size : 33,31 MB
Release : 1985-03-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789024731428
Author : Monique Dufresne
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902728881X
For more than three decades, the International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL) has been characterized by diversity, both in terms of the theoretical frameworks used by its researchers and the wide variety of languages that are analyzed. ICHL 18, which took place at the Université du Québec à Montréal in August 2007, was no exception to the continuation of this tradition. The articles in the present volume encompass many different approaches and a wide range of theories, including grammaticalization, generative approaches to linguistic change and variation, reanalysis, the use of analogy, and the interplay between internal and external factors. The volume is divided into four sections, dealing with phonology, with syntax, morphology, and semantics, with external factors in linguistic change, and with tools and methodologies. This way, this volume aims to be a reflection of the diverse trends in current historical linguistic study.
