Prehistory, History, and Historiography of Language, Speech, and Linguistic Theory

Prehistory, History, and Historiography of Language, Speech, and Linguistic Theory
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 9789027235619
ISBN-13 : 9027235619
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Synopsis Prehistory, History, and Historiography of Language, Speech, and Linguistic Theory by : Bela Brogyanyi

This collection of papers deals primarily with topics in general linguistics, including history of linguistic science. The volume is divided in 5 parts: I. Origin and Prehistory of Language, II. Historiography of Linguistics, III. Phonology and Phonetic Change, IV. Morphology and Syntax, and V. Socio-Neurolinguistics and Multilingualism.

Prehistory, History and Historiography of Language, Speech, and Linguistic Theory

Prehistory, History and Historiography of Language, Speech, and Linguistic Theory
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 419
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ISBN-10 : 9789027277541
ISBN-13 : 9027277540
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Prehistory, History and Historiography of Language, Speech, and Linguistic Theory by : Bela Brogyanyi

This collection of papers deals primarily with topics in general linguistics, including history of linguistic science. The volume is divided in 5 parts: I. Origin and Prehistory of Language, II. Historiography of Linguistics, III. Phonology and Phonetic Change, IV. Morphology and Syntax, and V. Socio-Neurolinguistics and Multilingualism.

Historical Linguistics 1999

Historical Linguistics 1999
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 418
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ISBN-10 : 1588110648
ISBN-13 : 9781588110640
Rating : 4/5 (48 Downloads)

Synopsis Historical Linguistics 1999 by : Laurel J. Brinton

This is a selection of papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held August 9-13, 1999, at the University of British Columbia. From the rich program and the many papers given during this conference, the present twenty-three papers were carefully selected to display the state of current research in the field of historical linguistics.

Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2000

Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2000
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 378
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ISBN-10 : 1588113310
ISBN-13 : 9781588113313
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Synopsis Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2000 by : Claire Beyssade

This volume presents a selection of the best papers from the 2000 'Going Romance' conference, held in Utrecht. The papers discuss current topics in formal syntax in Romance languages.

English Historical Linguistics 2006

English Historical Linguistics 2006
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9789027248121
ISBN-13 : 9027248125
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Synopsis English Historical Linguistics 2006 by : Maurizio Gotti

The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, lexis and semantics, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on geo-historical variation in English. A carefully peer-reviewed selection, including two plenary lectures, appears here in print for the first time, bearing witness to the increasing scholarly interest in varieties of English other than so-called 'standard' English. In all the contributions, well-established methods of historical dialectology combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. Perceptual dialectology is also taken into consideration, and state-of-the-art tools, such as electronic corpora and atlases, are employed consistently, ensuring the methodological homogeneity of the contributions.

English Historical Linguistics 2006

English Historical Linguistics 2006
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9789027290984
ISBN-13 : 9027290989
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis English Historical Linguistics 2006 by : Richard Dury

The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, and dialectology, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on semantics, pragmatics and register variation. A rich variety of state-of-the-art studies and plenary lectures by acknowledged world experts in the field bears witness to the quality of the scholarly interest in this field of research. In all the contributions, well-established methods combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. The accurate peer-reviewed selection ensures the methodological homogeneity of the papers.

English Historical Linguistics 2006: Lexical and semantic change

English Historical Linguistics 2006: Lexical and semantic change
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9789027248114
ISBN-13 : 9027248117
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis English Historical Linguistics 2006: Lexical and semantic change by : Maurizio Gotti

The papers collected in this volume were first presented at the 14th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (Bergamo, 2006). Alongside studies of syntax, morphology, and dialectology, published in two sister volumes, many innovative contributions focused on semantics, pragmatics and register variation. A rich variety of state-of-the-art studies and plenary lectures by acknowledged world experts in the field bears witness to the quality of the scholarly interest in this field of research. In all the contributions, well-established methods combine with new theoretical approaches, in an attempt to shed more light on phenomena that have hitherto remained unexplored, or have only just begun to be investigated. The accurate peer-reviewed selection ensures the methodological homogeneity of the papers.

Comparative Historical Dialectology

Comparative Historical Dialectology
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 1588113132
ISBN-13 : 9781588113139
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Synopsis Comparative Historical Dialectology by : Thomas D. Cravens

This brief monograph explores the historical motivations for two sets of phonological changes in some varieties of Romance: restructured voicing of intervocalic /p t k/, and palatalization of initial /l/ and /n/. These developments have been treated repeatedly over the decades, yet neither has enjoyed a satisfactory solution. This book attempts to demonstrate that both outcomes are ultimately attributable to the loss of early pan-Romance consonant gemination.This study is of interest not only to the language-specific field of historical Romance linguistics, but also to general historical linguistics. The central problems examined here constitute classic cases of questions that cannot be answered by confining analysis solely to the individual languages under investigation. The passage of time, the indirect nature of fragmentary and accidental documentation, and the nature of the changes themselves conspire to deny access to the most essential facts. However, comparison of closely cognate languages now undergoing change supplies a perspective for discerning conditions that may ultimately lead to states achieved in the distant past by the languages under investigation.

English Historical Syntax and Morphology

English Historical Syntax and Morphology
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 9789027297730
ISBN-13 : 9027297738
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Synopsis English Historical Syntax and Morphology by : Teresa Fanego

This volume offers a selection of papers from the Eleventh International Conference on English Historical Linguistics held at the University of Santiago de Compostela. From the rich programme (over 130 papers were given during the conference), the present twelve papers were carefully selected to reflect the state of current research in the fields of English historical syntax and morphology. Some of the issues discussed are the emergence of viewpoint adverbials in English and German, changes in noun phrase structure from 1650 to the present, the development of the progressive in Scots, the passivization of composite predicates, the loss of V2 and its effects on the information structure of English, the acquisition of modal syntax and semantics by the English verb WANT, or the use of temporal adverbs as attributive adjectives in the Early Modern period. Many of the articles tackle questions of change through the use of methodological tools like computerized corpora. The theoretical frameworks adopted include, among others, grammaticalization theory, Dik’s model of functional grammar, construction grammar and Government & Binding Theory.

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Historiographical perspectives

The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Historiographical perspectives
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 1556197594
ISBN-13 : 9781556197598
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Emergence of the Modern Language Sciences: Historiographical perspectives by : Sheila M. Embleton

Although it is widely thought that structural linguistics began abruptly with the publication of Saussure's 'revolutionary' "Course in General Linguistics," the work of E. F. K. Koerner has demonstrated that Saussure, for all his originality, remained true to the basic tenets of his 19th-century predecessors. In this volume, the development of modern linguistics before, during and after Saussure is traced in 20 studies honouring the scholar who has done more than anyone else to professionalize linguistic historiography during the last quarter century. Among the wide range of topics covered are: grammar and philosophy in the age of comparativism, the relation of Saussure's anagram studies to his theory of the linguistic sign, nationalist overtones in German linguistics from 1914 to 1945, and the true story (with newly discovered documentation) of why Chomsky's "Logical Structure of Linguistic Theory" didn't get published during the 1950s or 60s. In addition to an introductory overview of Koerner's career and a complete listing of his publications, the volume includes previously unpublished materials from Saussure's notebooks.