Author: Edited by László Dezso and Péter HajdúPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789060320624
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Theoretical Problems of Typology and the Northern Eurasian Languages
Author: Edited by László Dezso and Péter HajdúPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9789060320624
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Papers from the 6th International Conference on Historical Linguistics
Author: Jacek FisiakPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027235287
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
This volume presents a selection of papers from the 6th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL), which was held in 1983, in Pozna?, Poland.
Papers from the VIth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Pozna?, 2226 August 1983
Author: Jacek FisiakPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027279810
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
This volume presents a selection of papers from the 6th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL), which was held in 1983, in Poznań, Poland.
Four Papers of the Pécs Conference on Contrastive Linguistics (Pécs, 14-16 October 1971).
Author: Typological Changes in the Lexicon
Author: Alexander HaselowPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110238217
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
This is the first study of the typological change of English from a synthetic towards an analytic language that focuses exclusively on the lexical domain of the language. It presents an innovative approach to linguistic typology by focusing on the different encoding techniques used in the lexicon, providing a theoretical framework for the description of structural types (synthetic, analytic) and encoding techniques (fusional, isolating, agglutinative, incorporating) found in the lexicon of a language. It is argued that, in the case of English, the change from syntheticity to analyticity did not only affect its inflectional system and the encoding of grammatical information, but also the derivational component. Based on a cognitive approach to derivation, the book provides empirical evidence for a considerable decline in the use of synthetic structures and a trend towards higher degrees of analyticity in a specific lexical domain of English, the formation of nouns by means of derivation. The full extent of this change surfaced during the transition from Old English to early Middle English, but it was later partly reversed though influence from French. The typological shift was thus the result of a global structural reorganization of the language that resulted in a fundamental change of the structure of words. The book also presents a comprehensive account of the historical development of nominal derivation from the beginnings of Old English until the end of the early Middle English period. Based on empirical data from written sources the study documents the frequency of use of all Germanic-based derivational morphemes for nominalizations over different subperiods and discusses their origin as well as important changes of their semantic and morphological properties.
Studies in Syntactic Typology and Contrastive Grammar
Author: László DezsöPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110820846
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics: FOCAL II
Author: Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics: FOCAL II
Author: Paul A. GeraghtyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Koguryo
Author: Christopher I. BeckwithPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004160256
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book describes the Koguryo language, which was once spoken in Manchuria and Korea, including Koguryo and Japanese ethnolinguistic history, Koguryo's genetic relationship to Japanese, Koguryo phonology, and the Koguryo lexicon. It also analyzes the phonology of archaic Northeastern Chinese.
Language Universals, Markedness Theory, and Natural Phonetic Processes
Author: Robert K. HerbertPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110865939
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.