Historical Linguistics 2017
Title | Historical Linguistics 2017 PDF eBook |
Author | Bridget Drinka |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 509 |
Release | 2020-07-15 |
Genre | 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.
Historical Linguistics 2013
Title | Historical Linguistics 2013 PDF eBook |
Author | Dag T.T. Haug |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2015-09-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027268185 |
The International Conference on Historical Linguistics is the main conference for specialists in language change, and the 2013 conference in Oslo drew more than 300 participants, with 182 papers presented in the general session. The 16 papers selected for inclusion in this volume from the general session of ICHL 2013 not only provide a clear picture of the state of the art in various subfields of historical linguistics but also present recent insights in diachronic phonology, typology, morphology and morphosyntax. The languages and families covered include English, German, Scandinavian, French, Occitan, Portuguese, Sardinian, Spanish, Ancient Greek, Old Japanese and Austronesian. The volume will be useful to any linguist with an interest in diachronic matters as well as general linguistic theory.
Historical Linguistics 2015
Title | Historical Linguistics 2015 PDF eBook |
Author | Michela Cennamo |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 649 |
Release | 2019-09-15 |
Genre | 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.
Historical Linguistics 2005
Title | Historical Linguistics 2005 PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Salmons |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9789027247995 |
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Historical Linguistics 2007
Title | Historical Linguistics 2007 PDF eBook |
Author | Monique Dufresne |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 329 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027248249 |
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English Historical Linguistics 2010
Title | English Historical Linguistics 2010 PDF eBook |
Author | Irén Heged?s |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 395 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | 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.
English Historical Linguistics 1994
Title | English Historical Linguistics 1994 PDF eBook |
Author | Derek Britton |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 1996-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9027236399 |
This volume offers a selection of 19 papers from those read at the 8th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics in Edinburgh. Many of the writers are established authorities in the field, but there are also significant contributions from a younger generation of scholars. The topics discussed span the whole history of English from the Common Germanic period to the present century and the book also includes, as appropriate to the Conference venue, a number of papers on aspects of the historical development of Scots and Scottish English.