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On Reconstructing Grammar

Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax

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  • 304 páginas
  • 11 horas de lectura

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This book shows how to combine grammaticalization theory with the comparative method to reconstruct the grammar of Proto-Languages. To showcase the methodology, seven morphosyntactically distinct verbal systems in the Cariban family--three ergative, three nominative, and one inverse--are reconstructed. Spike Gildea presents detailed data in his reconstruction of Proto-Carib verbal and nominal morphologies. The inverse verbal system reconstructs to Proto-Carib; the other six are innovative, and reconstruct to Proto-Carib nonfinite source-constructions.

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On Reconstructing Grammar, Spike Gildea

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Título
On Reconstructing Grammar
Subtítulo
Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
1998
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
304
ISBN10
019510952X
ISBN13
9780195109528
Serie
Etiquetas
Descripción
This book shows how to combine grammaticalization theory with the comparative method to reconstruct the grammar of Proto-Languages. To showcase the methodology, seven morphosyntactically distinct verbal systems in the Cariban family--three ergative, three nominative, and one inverse--are reconstructed. Spike Gildea presents detailed data in his reconstruction of Proto-Carib verbal and nominal morphologies. The inverse verbal system reconstructs to Proto-Carib; the other six are innovative, and reconstruct to Proto-Carib nonfinite source-constructions.