Format:
xvi, 365 Seiten
,
Karten, Diagramme
ISBN:
9780198857907
Series Statement:
Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics 50
Content:
"This volume advances research on diachronic alignment typology across the Indo-European family, showing the breadth and fertility of this field. It brings together contributions from leading specialists in Indo-European languages to explore the macro- and micro-dynamic factors contributing to variety and change in alignment and argument realization. The articles included in the book explore synchronic and diachronic dimensions of alignment morphosyntax based on a broad range of data from Anatolian, Indo-Iranian, Greek, Italic (including Romance), Armenian, and Slavic. Few existing studies deal with variation and change in the alignment typology across languages belonging to one linguistic family and the present collection of papers aims to fill this gap. Alignment is taken to include both basic alignment patterns associated with major construction types as well as various valency-decreasing constructions, such as passives, anticausatives and impersonals. The articles range from broad comparative studies based on data from several branches to careful studies of specific constructions in individual languages and have a strong empirical focus, partly drawing on qualitative and partly on quantitative methods. They contribute to a more precise understanding of the respective roles played by analogy/extension, reanalysis and areal factors in alignment change, demonstrating the versatility of argument realization morphosyntax in genetically related languages"--
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 328-360
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Alignment and alignment change in the Indo-European family Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022 ISBN 9780191890475
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Indogermanische Sprachen
;
Historische Morphosyntax
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780198857907.001.0001
