Grammatical Reconstruction : The Sogeram Languages of New Guinea

Don Daniels

ISBN 10: 3110777134 / ISBN 13: 9783110777130

Published by De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Mouton, 2022

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grammatical Reconstruction : The Sogeram Languages of New Guinea
• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110777134
• ISBN 13: 9783110777130
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Don Daniels, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA.