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almahu_9949516251402882
Format:
1 online resource (374 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789027259967
Series Statement:
Studies in Language Companion Ser. ; v.218
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Intro -- Lost in Change -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Lost in Change -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Studying loss: Hypotheses and generalizations -- 2.1 Data and methods for studying loss -- 2.2 Modelling loss: Classifications and theories -- 2.3 The process of loss -- 2.4 Causes and motivations for loss -- 2.5 Potential universals -- 3. Summaries of the contributions in this volume -- References -- 1. A typological perspective on the loss of inflection -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Loss of forms -- 2.1 Convergence -- 2.1.1 Phonological change -- 2.1.2 Morphological change -- 2.2 Replacement -- 2.2.1 Functionally motivated change -- 2.2.2 Formally motivated change -- 3. Loss of features -- 3.1 Free variation -- 3.2 Lexical redistribution -- 3.3 Paradigmatic redistribution -- 3.4 Rebranding -- 4. Loss of cells -- 5. Grammaticalisation and the loss of inflection -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- 2. So-adj-a construction as a case of obsolescence in progress -- 1. Introduction -- 2. So-adj-a construction - an example of the Big Mess Construction -- 2.1 Noun phrases with so-adj predeterminers - their characteristics -- 3. Diachronic account -- 3.1 The construction's origin: A handy stylistic device from the very beginning? -- 3.2 Frequency of use -- 3.2.1 Methodology -- 3.2.2 Results and discussion -- 4. Grammatical obsolescence -- 4.1 Negative correlation between time and the frequency of use -- 4.2 Distributional fragmentation -- 4.2.1 Methodology -- 4.2.2 Results and discussion -- 4.3 Paradigmatic atrophy -- 4.4 Competition on the constructional level -- 4.4.1 That-adj-a construction -- 4.4.2 Competition with the that-adj-a construction: An explanation -- 4.4.3 Such-a-adj construction -- 4.5 Larger changes -- 4.6 Summary of the results -- 5. Conclusions and outlook -- Acknowledgements -- Language corpora.
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Software -- References -- 3. The impersonal construction in the texts of Updated Old English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Updated Old English -- 2.1 Scribal practices followed in Updated Old English -- 2.2 The Updated Old English data for the present study -- 2.3 The data in their linguistic context -- 3. The story of the impersonal construction -- 4. Analysis -- 4.1 Lexico-semantic characteristics of the impersonal verbs in the sample -- 4.2 Alterations in the record of the impersonal constructions in the sample -- 5. Discussion and concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4. Corpus driven identification of lexical bundle obsolescence in Late Modern English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Material -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1 Thresholds -- 3.2 Selection -- 4. Technical aspects -- 5. Analysis -- 5.1 Trash -- 5.2 Results -- 5.2.1 Terminology -- 5.2.2 "Quasi" terminology -- 5.2.3 Appellations -- 5.2.4 Legal/administrative phrases -- 5.2.5 Dating -- 5.2.6 Pragmatic markers -- 5.2.7 Replacement in collocations -- 5.2.8 Countability and accommodation -- 5.2.9 Complex verb phrase -- 6. Discussion -- 7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Appendix -- 5. A constructional account of the loss of the adverse avertive schema in Mandarin Chinese -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Constructions and loss characterised -- 2.1 Constructions -- 2.2 Loss as schema loss -- 3. Prototypicality, construction grammar and diachronic construction grammar -- 3.1 Prototypicality in ASCs -- 3.2 Extending prototypicality in ASCs -- 3.3 Diachronic construction grammar -- 4. The adverse avertive schema in Chinese -- 4.1 Data sources -- 4.2 Overview of the schema -- 4.3 Slots in the schema -- 5. The demise of the adverse avertive schema -- 5.1 Qualitative aspects -- 5.2 Quantitative aspects -- 5.3 The demise of the schema: from 'danger' to 'proximity' -- 5.4 A visual summary.
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6. Generalisation as loss -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 6. Loss or variation? Functional load in morpho-syntax - Three case studies -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2.1 The Alemannic dialect -- 2.2 Theoretical background: Loss from a generative perspective -- 3. The loss of the adnominal genitive in some varieties of German -- 3.1 The decline of the adnominal genitive -- 3.2 The loss of the adnominal Genitive -- 4. German adjectival inflection - A case of optionality -- 4.1 Why optionality and not loss? -- 5. Relative clauses -- 5.1 The Origin of the Alemannic RCIs -- 6. Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7. "The next Morning I got a Warrant for the Man and his Wife, but he was fled" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous research -- 2.1 The loss of the be-perfect -- 2.2 Syntactic loss and social factors -- 3. Data and methodology -- 3.1 The Old Bailey Corpus -- 3.2 Data retrieval and definition of the variable -- 3.3 Statistical modelling -- 3.3.1 Bottom-up modelling of stages in diachronic change: Variability-based Neighbour Clustering (VNC) -- 3.3.2 Modelling predictor variables: Random forests and conditional inference trees -- 4. Results -- 4.1 Summary statistics: Overall frequency development -- 4.2 Variability-based Neighbour Clustering (VNC) -- 4.3 Social variables -- 5. Discussion -- Corpora -- References -- Appendix -- 8. On the waning of forms - A corpus-based analysis of decline and loss in adjective amplification -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous research -- 3. Data and methodology -- 3.1 Data sources and processing -- 3.2 Classification and coding of variables -- very (dependent variable) -- Adjective (random effect) -- Age -- Gender -- Education -- Function -- Gradability -- Emotionality -- Semantic Category -- Frequency -- Priming -- Statistical procedures -- 4. Results -- 4.1 Boruta.
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4.2 Mixed-effects binomial logistic regression model -- 5. Discussion -- References -- Corpora -- Software -- 9. Decline and loss in the modal domain in recent English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic concepts and previous research -- 2.1 The functions of modal expressions -- 2.2 Frequency changes in the modal domain in recent English -- 2.2.1 General development and frequency changes -- 2.2.2 Frequency changes in the different semantic domains -- 2.2.3 Importance of genre -- 3. Losses in the modal domain in recent English -- 3.1 Decline and loss in COHA (with a focus on may and must) -- 3.1.1 General background -- 3.1.2 Data and methods -- 3.1.3 Quantitative findings and their implications -- 3.1.4 The role of individual modal constructions -- 3.2 The demise of the 'we may say'-construction -- 3.2.1 General definition -- 3.2.2 Data and methods -- 3.2.3 Quantitative findings and their implications -- 4. General discussion -- 5. Concluding remarks and outlook -- References -- 10. German so-relatives -- 1. Introduction -- 2. State of research -- 3. Corpus, data, and method -- 4. First results: Regions, genres, and styles -- 4.1 Regions -- 4.2 Genres -- 4.3 Styles -- 5. Socio-historical, cultural, and cognitive context -- 6. Grammatical, systemic, and typological analysis -- 6.1 Indistinctness of so -- 6.2 so-relatives and the changing role of concord -- 6.3 so-relatives and the reduction of multiple embedding -- 6.4 Typological drift towards overt complexity -- 7. Summary and outcome for the study of obsolescence -- Acknowledgements -- Corpora -- References -- 11. Loss of object indexation in verbal paradigms of Koĩc (Tibeto-Burman, Nepal) -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Overview -- 1.2 Koĩc, a Kiranti language -- 1.3 The sociolinguistic situation -- 1.4 Literature about Koĩc person and number indexes -- 2. Person and number indexes in Koĩc.
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2.1 Biactantial indexing -- 2.2 Subject and object indexes (Genetti 1988) -- 2.3 Subject indexing in modern Koĩc (Borchers 2008a) -- 2.4 The former and the current system of indexing arguments -- 3. Person and number indexes - Additional data -- 3.1 Konow (1909), Bieri & -- Schulze (1973) and Rapacha (2005) -- 3.2 Linguistic Survey of India (Konow 1909) -- 3.3 Subject and object indexes (Bieri & -- Schulze 1973) -- 3.4 Subject indexing in modern Koĩc (Rapacha 2005) -- 3.5 More data - Better explanations? -- 4. Loss of morphology - Language change -- 5. Summary -- Abbreviations -- References -- Appendix: Bahing paradigms -- Index.
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Print version: Kranich, Svenja Lost in Change Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2021 ISBN 9789027208637
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