26.3704, Books: When synchrony meets Diachrony: Ngangoum

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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:15:48
From: Martine Paulissen [gw.uilots.lot at uu.nl]
Subject: When synchrony meets Diachrony: Ngangoum

 


Title: When synchrony meets Diachrony 
Subtitle: The negation system of the Fɛʔfɛʔ in the light of the Jespersen Cycle 
Series Title: LOT dissertation series  

Publication Year: 2015 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/when-synchrony-meets-diachrony 


Author: Emilienne Ngangoum

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460931741 Pages:  Price: ----  


Abstract:

This dissertation is concerned with synchronicvariation as the reflection and residue of language change. It springs from the need to account for the numerous ways of expressing negation in contemporary Fɛʔfɛʔ (Grassfield Bantu), given the observation that many languages across the continents make use of a single marker for the same purpose. The leading research question is whether there exists a roadmap susceptible to lead from one of the extremes to the other. The answer to this question establishes a connection between synchronic variation and diachrony.

Using cross-generational variation within Fɛʔfɛʔ, macro-variation data from languages with historical records, and micro-variation data from closely related Bamileke languages, it is argued that grammar internal variation of the kind observed in Fɛʔfɛʔ is the manifestation of language change. This approach constitutes an inspiration for the analysis of languages that don’t have written records from previous generations. 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Fe'fe' (fmp)

Language Family(ies): Bamileke


Written In: English  (eng)

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