31.3379, Books: The Diachrony of Ditransitives: Fedriani, Napoli (eds.)

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-31-3379. Tue Nov 03 2020. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 31.3379, Books: The Diachrony of Ditransitives: Fedriani, Napoli (eds.)

Moderator: Malgorzata E. Cavar (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Student Moderator: Jeremy Coburn
Managing Editor: Becca Morris
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Everett Green, Sarah Robinson, Lauren Perkins, Nils Hjortnaes, Yiwen Zhang, Joshua Sims
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Please support the LL editors and operation with a donation at:
           https://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/

Editor for this issue: Jeremy Coburn <jecoburn at linguistlist.org>
================================================================


Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2020 20:15:48
From: Asja Kusnezowa [Asja.Kusnezowa at degruyter.com]
Subject: The Diachrony of Ditransitives: Fedriani, Napoli (eds.)

 


Title: The Diachrony of Ditransitives 
Series Title: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://bit.ly/3om4MIF 


Editor: Chiara Fedriani
Editor: Maria Napoli

Hardback: ISBN:  9783110701272 Pages: 317 Price: U.S. $ 114.99


Abstract:

While ample studies exist on ditransitives in various languages, notably from
a typological perspective, more work needs to be done on identifying the main
processes and factors that trigger and constrain the changes they undergo over
time. The goal of this volume is to help fill this gap by bringing together
data and information on individual languages that have thus far been left out
of the discussion and by expanding our knowledge of already studied linguistic
traditions so as to achieve a broader diachronic description. Since one of the
distinctive features of ditransitives is their synchronic variability in terms
of structural alternation and alignment split, diachronic research can throw
up new insights into developmental dynamics that are eminently complementary;
namely, on the one hand, the emergence, development and loss of construction
alternation and, on the other, the acquisition of new functions over time. The
analyses offered in the book yield different and interconnected answers to the
general question of how ditransitives change by drawing on different
functional principles that play a role in the diachronic reorganization of
this dynamic domain and by providing a number of original theoretical
suggestions.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Semantics
                     Syntax
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=148054




------------------------------------------------------------------------------

***************************    LINGUIST List Support    ***************************
 The 2020 Fund Drive is under way! Please visit https://funddrive.linguistlist.org
  to find out how to donate and check how your university, country or discipline
     ranks in the fund drive challenges. Or go directly to the donation site:
                   https://crowdfunding.iu.edu/the-linguist-list

                        Let's make this a short fund drive!
                Please feel free to share the link to our campaign:
                    https://funddrive.linguistlist.org/donate/
 


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-31-3379	
----------------------------------------------------------