34.86, Books: When Minoritized Languages Change Linguistic Theory: Nevins

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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:35:05
From: Ellena Moriarty [ellena.moriarty at cambridge.org]
Subject: When Minoritized Languages Change Linguistic Theory: Nevins

 


Title: When Minoritized Languages Change Linguistic Theory 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/grammar-and-syntax/when-minoritized-languages-change-linguistic-theory?format=HB 


Author: Andrew Nevins

Hardback: ISBN:  9781316516379 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781316516379 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781316516379 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.20


Abstract:

For decades, a small set of major world languages have formed the basis of the
vast majority of linguistic theory. However, minoritized languages can also
provide fascinating contributions to our understanding of the human language
faculty. This pioneering book explores the transformative effect minoritized
languages have on mainstream linguistic theory, which, with their typically
unusual syntactic, morphological and phonological properties, challenge and
question frameworks that were developed largely to account for more
widely-studied languages. The chapters address the four main pillars of
linguistic theory – syntax, semantics, phonology, and morphology – and provide
plenty of case studies to show how minoritized language can disrupt
assumptions, and lead to modifications of the theory itself. It is illustrated
with examples from a range of languages, and is written in an engaging and
accessible style, making it essential reading for both students and
researchers of theoretical syntax, phonology and morphology, and language
policy and politics.
 



List of figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Expanding the
canon: minoritization in the world and in linguistic theory; 2. Indexical
shift in Zazaki and Uyghur; 3. Why ergative case requires structure in Basque
and Ch'ol; 4. Closest conjunct agreement in Slovenian and Xhosa; 5.
Configurationality of objects in Chichewa and Warlpiri; 6. Partial nasality in
Maxakalí and Kaingang; 7. Symmetric hands in sign language phonologies; 8.
Number-encoding on verbs in Hiaki and Chechen; 9. Conclusion: towards healthy
futures in the language sciences; Bibliography; Index.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Phonology
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=166833




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