Reconstructing grammar : comparative linguistics and grammaticalization /
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 grammaticaliz...
| Автор-организации: | Rice University Symposium on Linguistics |
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| Други автори: | Gildea, Spike. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] :
John Benjamins,
℗♭2000.
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| Серия: |
Typological studies in language ;
vol. 43. |
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Reconstructing grammar. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
These 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. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 267 pages). |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9789027298560 9027298564 9789027229458 9027229457 9781556196591 1556196598 9781556196584 155619658X 9789027229441 9027229449 |
| ISSN: |
0167-7373 ; |