Evolution of the Slavic Dual - A Biolinguistic Perspective

Developing a new theory of morphosyntactic feature economy in a morphology framework, this book uses a biolinguistic approach to examine the evolution of Slavic languages to discover how some developed a separate dual number category while others have only singular and plural and to explain the evolution of the number category in Slavic languages.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Problem of the Slavic Dual from a Diachronic Perspective

Chapter 3: The Slavic Dual from a Typological Perspective

Chapter 4: Derivation of the Slavic Dual in Distributed Morphology

Chapter 5: The Slavic Dual and Number Theory

Chapter 6: Morphosyntactic Feature Economy and Reanalysis

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Appendix A: Abbreviations

Appendix B: Orthographical Systems and Transliteration Symbols

About the author

Tatyana G. Slobodchikoff is lecturer of English at Troy University.

Summary

Developing a new theory of morphosyntactic feature economy in a morphology framework, this book uses a biolinguistic approach to examine the evolution of Slavic languages to discover how some developed a separate dual number category while others have only singular and plural and to explain the evolution of the number category in Slavic languages.

Product details

• Authors: Tatyana G. Slobodchikoff
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498579247
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7924-7
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Studies in Slavic, Baltic, and Eastern European Languages and Cultures; Studies in Slavic, Baltic, and
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Slavic Languages (Other), Sociolinguistics, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Slavic (Slavonic) languages