Bridget Drinka

List of John Benjamins publications in which Bridget Drinka is involved.

Titles

Spanish Socio-Historical Linguistics: Isolation and contact

Edited by Whitney Chappell and Bridget Drinka

This interdisciplinary volume explores the unique role of the sociohistorical factors of isolation and contact in motivating change in the varieties of Spanish worldwide. Recognizing the inherent intersectionality of social and historical factors, the book’s eight chapters investigate phenomena… read more

[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 12] 2021. v, 235 pp.

Historical Linguistics 2017: Selected papers from the 23rd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, San Antonio, Texas, 31 July – 4 August 2017

Edited by Bridget Drinka

The collected articles in this volume address an array of cutting-edge issues in the field of historical linguistics, including new theoretical approaches and innovative methodologies for studying language through a diachronic lens. The articles focus on the following themes: I. Case & Argument… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 350] 2020. xi, 495 pp.

Latin influence on the syntax of the languages of Europe

Edited by Bert Cornillie and Bridget Drinka

[Belgian Journal of Linguistics, 33] 2019. v, 250 pp.

Articles (16) | Order by:

Bowern, Claire, Alan C.L. Yu, Salikoko S. Mufwene, Marlyse Baptista, Justin M. Power, Richard P. Meier, Bridget Drinka, Uta Reinöhl and Simon Greenhill 2025 Diachrony and Diachronica: 40@40 Diachronica 42:2, pp. 137–160 | Editorial

Drinka, Bridget and Whitney Chappell 2021 New perspectives on Spanish socio-historical linguistics Spanish Socio-Historical Linguistics: Isolation and contact, Chappell, Whitney and Bridget Drinka (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter

Drinka, Bridget 2020 Chapter 17. Calquing a quirk: The perfect in the languages of Europe Perfects in Indo-European Languages and Beyond, Crellin, Robert and Thomas Jügel (eds.), pp. 591–614 | Chapter

The have-perfect, found almost exclusively in western Europe, has been identified as a “European quirk, unparalleled elsewhere in the world” (Cysouw 2011: 425). The spread of this highly marked construction to adjacent varieties provides us with an exceptional opportunity to observe the… read more

Cornillie, Bert and Bridget Drinka 2019 Latin influence on the syntax of the languages of Europe: Foundations and new perspectives Latin influence on the syntax of the languages of Europe, Cornillie, Bert and Bridget Drinka (eds.), pp. 1–10 | Article

This special issue explores the role of Latin in shaping the syntactic patterns of the European languages. Among the key issues examined are the identification of sources of syntactic change, whether internal or external, the chronologization of these changes, and their actualization. Authors… read more

Drinka, Bridget 2019 The role of roofing: Latin influence on the development of the perfects in Europe Latin influence on the syntax of the languages of Europe, Cornillie, Bert and Bridget Drinka (eds.), pp. 125–149 | Article

This paper presents evidence in support of the claim that Latin played a significant role as a ‘roof language’ in the languages of western Europe. It focuses on the role that Latin played at three stages of the development of the perfects in western Europe: first, as a conduit of the ‘sacral… read more

Drinka, Bridget 2019 Chapter 16. Perfecting the notion of Sprachbund: Perfects and resultatives in the “Stratified Convergence Zones” of Europe Historical Linguistics 2015: Selected papers from the 22nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Naples, 27-31 July 2015, Cennamo, Michela and Claudia Fabrizio (eds.), pp. 319–342 | Chapter

In response to recent skepticism concerning the relevance of the concept of the Sprachbund, this paper argues that there is value in preserving the notion, but only with substantial updating. What is proposed here is a more dynamic, three-dimensional depiction of the linguistic area, as embodied… read more

Drinka, Bridget 2015 Sources of auxiliation in the perfects of Europe On Multiple Source Constructions in Language Change, De Smet, Hendrik, Lobke Ghesquière and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 129–174 | Article

This paper explores the complex role of language contact in the development of be and have auxiliation in the periphrastic perfects of Europe. Beginning with the influence of Ancient Greek on Latin, it traces the spread of the category across western Europe and identifies the Carolingian scribal… read more