Grammatical Reconstruction

The Sogeram Languages of New Guinea
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-11-061514-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 749 g

Reihe: Studies in Language Change [SLC]

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.

Zielgruppe

Researchers, Students

Autoren/Hrsg.

Daniels, Don

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie

Über Autor(innen)

Don Daniels, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA.