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The Linguistic Cycle

By van Gelderen

The Linguistic Cycle

By van Gelderen

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Elly van Gelderen provides examples of linguistic cycles from a number of languages and language families, along with an account of the linguistic cycle in terms of minimalist economy principles. A cycle involves grammaticalization from lexical to functional category followed by renewal. Some well-known cycles involve negatives, where full negative phrases are reanalyzed as words and affixes and are then renewed by full phrases again. Verbal agreement is another example: full pronouns are reanalyzed as agreement markers and are renewed again. Each chapter provides data on a separate cycle from a myriad of languages. Van Gelderen argues that the cross-linguistic similarities can be seen as Economy Principles present in the initial cognitive system or Universal Grammar. She further claims that some of the cycles can be used to classify a language as analytic or synthetic, and she provides insight into the shape of the earliest human language and how it evolved.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
460
Release Date:
2011-04-08
Publication Date:
2017-10-25
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199756058
ISBN13:
9780199756056
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
851 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
29 cm
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