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In Search of Universal Grammar
From Old Norse to Zoque
This volume in honor of Jan Terje Faarlund covers the areas in which he has contributed to linguistic theorizing, ranging from in-depth studies of Norwegian and Scandinavian grammar both synchronically and diachronically, to work on the Indian language Chiapas Zoque. The book is organized thematically with two chapters on each topic: The grammar of the Scandinavian languages (Tor A. Åfarli and Christer Platzack); language policies and sociolinguistics (Unn Røyneland and Peter Trudgill); French (Hans Petter Helland and Christine Meklenborg Salvesen); language change (Werner Abraham and Elly van Gelderen); lesser-studied languages (Alice Harris and Jerry Sadock); language acquisition (David Lightfoot and Marit Westergaard); and language evolution (Erika Hagelberg and Salikoko Mufwene). This book will be of interest to a wide range of readers, from students to scholars working on any of the areas covered.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 202] 2013. vi, 361 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 4 January 2013
Published online on 4 January 2013
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- IntroductionTerje Lohndal | pp. 1–6
- Scandinavian
- On the syntax of the accusative/dative alternation in spatial PPs in Norwegian dative dialectsTor A. Åfarli | pp. 9–26
- Spurious topic drop in SwedishChrister Platzack | pp. 27–50
- Germanic sociolinguistics
- “The voice from below”: Norwegian language reforms in the 21st centuryUnn Røyneland | pp. 53–76
- Gender maintenance and loss in Totenmålet, English, and other major Germanic varietiesPeter Trudgill | pp. 77–108
- French
- Non-finite adjuncts in FrenchHans Petter Helland | pp. 111–130
- Topics and the left periphery: A comparison of Old French and Modern GermanicChristine Meklenborg Salvesen | pp. 131–172
- Language change
- The developmental logic of the analytic past in German and Polish: An issue of universalism or areal contact?Werner Abraham | pp. 175–194
- The diachrony of pronouns and demonstrativesElly van Gelderen | pp. 195–218
- Lesser-studied languages
- Origins of metathesis in BatsbiAlice C. Harris | pp. 221–238
- Indefinitely definite expressionsJerrold M. Sadock | pp. 239–256
- Language acquisition
- Doing diachronyDavid Lightfoot | pp. 259–274
- The acquisition of linguistic variation: Parameters vs. micro-cuesMarit Westergaard | pp. 275–298
- Language evolution
- The evolution of languageErika Hagelberg | pp. 301–326
- Language as technology: Some questions that evolutionary linguistics should addressSalikoko S. Mufwene | pp. 327–358
- Index | pp. 359–361
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