In search of universal grammar : from Old Norse to Zoque
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In search of universal grammar : from Old Norse to Zoque
（Linguistik aktuell, v. 202）
J. Benjamins, c2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume in honor of Jan Terje Faarlund covers the areas in which he has contributed to linguistic theorizing, ranging from in-depth studies of Norwegian and Scandinavian grammar both synchronically and diachronically, to work on the Indian language Chiapas Zoque. The book is organized thematically with two chapters on each topic: The grammar of the Scandinavian languages (Tor A. Afarli and Christer Platzack); language policies and sociolinguistics (Unn Royneland and Peter Trudgill); French (Hans Petter Helland and Christine Meklenborg Salvesen); language change (Werner Abraham and Elly van Gelderen); lesser-studied languages (Alice Harris and Jerry Sadock); language acquisition (David Lightfoot and Marit Westergaard); and language evolution (Erika Hagelberg and Salikoko Mufwene). This book will be of interest to a wide range of readers, from students to scholars working on any of the areas covered.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction (by Lohndal, Terje)
- 2. Scandinavian
- 3. On the syntax of the accusative/dative alternation in spatial PPs in Norwegian dative dialects (by Afarli, Tor A.)
- 4. Spurious topic drop in Swedish (by Platzack, Christer)
- 5. Germanic sociolinguistics
- 6. "The voice from below": Norwegian language reforms in the 21st century (by Royneland, Unn)
- 7. Gender maintenance and loss in Totenmalet, English, and other major Germanic varieties (by Trudgill, Peter)
- 8. French
- 9. Non-finite adjuncts in French (by Helland, Hans Petter)
- 10. Topics and the left periphery: A comparison of Old French and Modern Germanic (by Meklenborg Salvesen, Christine)
- 11. Language change
- 12. The developmental logic of the analytic past in German and Polish: An issue of universalism or areal contact? (by Abraham, Werner)
- 13. The diachrony of pronouns and demonstratives (by Gelderen, Elly van)
- 14. Lesser-studied languages
- 15. Origins of metathesis in Batsbi (by Harris, Alice C.)
- 16. Indefinitely definite expressions (by Sadock, Jerrold M.)
- 17. Language acquisition
- 18. Doing diachrony (by Lightfoot, David)
- 19. The acquisition of linguistic variation: Parameters vs. micro-cues (by Westergaard, Marit)
- 20. Language evolution
- 21. The evolution of language (by Hagelberg, Erika)
- 22. Language as technology: Some questions that evolutionary linguistics should address (by Mufwene, Salikoko S.)
- 23. Index
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