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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
Publication date
April 8, 2011
Pages
439
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780199756056
ISBN-10
0199756058
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.65 lbs.
Original list price
$115.00
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Elly van Gelderen provides examples of linguistic cycles from a number of languages and language families, along with an account of the linguistic cycle in terms of minimalist economy principles. A cycle involves grammaticalization from lexical to functional category followed by renewal. Some well-known cycles involve negatives, where full negative phrases are reanalyzed as words and affixes and are then renewed by full phrases again. Verbal agreement is another example: full pronouns are reanalyzed as agreement markers and are renewed again. Each chapter provides data on a separate cycle from a myriad of languages. Van Gelderen argues that the cross-linguistic similarities can be seen as Economy Principles present in the initial cognitive system or Universal Grammar. She further claims that some of the cycles can be used to classify a language as analytic or synthetic, and she provides insight into the shape of the earliest human language and how it evolved.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Oxford Univ Pr on Demand (April 8, 2011)
9780199756056 | details & prices | 439 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $115.00
About: Elly van Gelderen provides examples of linguistic cycles from a number of languages and language families, along with an account of the linguistic cycle in terms of minimalist economy principles.
About: Elly van Gelderen provides examples of linguistic cycles from a number of languages and language families, along with an account of the linguistic cycle in terms of minimalist economy principles.
Paperback
from Oxford Univ Pr (April 8, 2011)
9780199756049 | details & prices | 439 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $56.00
About: Elly van Gelderen provides examples of linguistic cycles from a number of languages and language families, along with an account of the linguistic cycle in terms of minimalist economy principles.
About: Elly van Gelderen provides examples of linguistic cycles from a number of languages and language families, along with an account of the linguistic cycle in terms of minimalist economy principles.
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