29.883, Books: Syntactic Reconstruction and Proto-Germanic: Walkden

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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:11:44
From: Celine Aenlle-Rocha [Celine.Aenlle-Rocha at oup.com]
Subject: Syntactic Reconstruction and Proto-Germanic: Walkden

 


Title: Syntactic Reconstruction and Proto-Germanic 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/syntactic-reconstruction-and-proto-germanic-9780198783589 


Author: George Walkden

Paperback: ISBN:  9780198783589 Pages:  Price: ----  


Abstract:

Editor’s Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced book.

This book offers reconstructions of various syntactic properties of
Proto-Germanic, including verb position in main clauses, the syntax of the
wh-system, and the (non-)occurrence of null pronominal subjects and objects.
Although previous studies have looked at the lexical and phonological
reconstruction of Proto-Germanic, little is currently known about the syntax
of the language, and it has even been argued that the reconstruction of syntax
is impossible.

Dr Walkden uses extensive evidence from the early Germanic languages - Old
English, Old High German, Old Saxon, Old Norse, and Gothic - to show that
syntactic reconstruction is not only possible but also profitable. He argues
that while the reconstruction of syntax differs from lexical-phonological
reconstruction due to the so-called 'correspondence problem', this is not
insurmountable. In fact, the approach taken in current Minimalist theories, in
which syntactic variation is attributed to the properties of lexical items,
opens the door for syntactic reconstruction as lexical reconstruction. The
book also discusses practical solutions for circumventing the correspondence
problem, in particular the use of both distributional properties of lexical
items and the phonological forms of such items in order to establish cognacy.

The book will be of interest to historical linguists working on syntactic
reconstruction and the Germanic languages, from graduate level upwards, as
well as to advanced students of syntactic change more generally.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Syntax

Language Family(ies): Germanic


Written In: English  (eng)

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