Descrizione
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.
Dettagli del libro
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
304 pagine
Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
set 3, 1998
Editore
Oxford University Press
Edizioni
2 edizioni
ISBN-10
019510952X
ISBN-13
9780195109528