Synchrony and diachrony : a dynamic interface /

Synchrony and diachrony : a dynamic interface /

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Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2013.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in language companion series ; v. 133 Studies in language companion series ; v. 133.
Subject:	Historical linguistics. Linguistics. Historical linguistics. Linguistics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188652

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Other authors / contributors:	Giacalone Ramat, Anna, 1937- Mauri, Caterina, 1981- Molinelli, Piera.
ISBN:	9789027272072 9027272077 1299612059 9781299612051 9027206007 9789027206008 9789027206008
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	In Extreme Southern dialects of Italy, complement clauses can appear in three different ways: (1) with the infinitive; (2) with modo + ind. (in Salentino quod + ind.); (3) with ca/chi + ind. Dependent finite clauses headed by modo/quod replace the infinitive particularly when the matrix predicate is a verb expressing will, wish, aim or intention. This replacement, which represents a syntactic calque from Italo-Greek varieties, finished to involve also the verb potere 'can', in a different way from Italo-Greek, where it is is the only verbal form which never appears in this.
Other form:	Print version: Giacalone Ramat, Anna. Synchrony and Diachrony. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company 2013 9789027206008

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Summary:	The focus of this volume is on the relation between synchrony and diachrony. It is examined in the light of the most recent theories of language change and linguistic variation. What has traditionally been treated as a dichotomy is now seen rather in terms of a dynamic interface. The contributions to this volume aim at exploring the most adequate tools to describe and understand the manifestations of this dynamic interface. Thorough analyses are offered on hot topics of the current linguistic debate, which are all involved in the analysis of the synchrony-diachrony interface: gradualness of change, synchronic variation and gradience, constructional approaches to grammaticalization, the role of contact-induced transfer in language change, analogy. Case studies are discussed from a variety of languages and dialects including English, Welsh, Latin, Italian and Italian dialects, Dutch, Swedish, German and German dialects, Hungarian. This volume is of great interest to a broad audience within linguistics, including historical linguistics, typology, pragmatics, and areal linguistics.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	9789027272072 9027272077 1299612059 9781299612051 9027206007 9789027206008