Grammatical Reconstruction - The Sogeram Languages of New Guinea

There is still widespread disagreement among historical linguists about how, or whether, syntactic reconstruction can be done. This book presents a comprehensive methodology for syntactic reconstruction, grounded in a constructional understanding of language. The author then uses that methodology to reconstruct Proto-Sogeram, the ancestor to ten languages in Papua New Guinea. Chapters are devoted to phonology, lexicon, verbal morphosyntax, nominal morphosyntax, and syntactic constructions. The work culminates in a sketch of Proto-Sogeram grammar. Based largely on the author's original fieldwork, this is an innovative application of a novel methodology to new data, and the most complete reconstruction of a Papuan proto-language to date. It will be of interest to scholars of language change, language reconstruction, typology, and Papuan languages.

A propos de l'auteur

Don Daniels, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Don Daniels
• Edition: De Gruyter
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.01.2022
• EAN: 9783110615142
• ISBN: 978-3-11-061514-2
• Pages: 344
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 30 mm x 230 mm
• Poids: 733 g
• Illustrations: 7 b/w ill., 72 b/w tbl.
• Thèmes: Studies in Language Change [SLC]; ISSN; Studies in Language Change [SLC], 16
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée