The History of Negation in the Languages of Europe and the Mediterranean
Volume I Case Studies
Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics; 5;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 July 2013
- ISBN 9780199602537
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages560 pages
- Size 239x162x40 mm
- Weight 1004 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Tables, Figures 0
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Short description:
This is the first of a two-volume comparative history of negation in the languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. It examines the development of sentential negation and negative indefinites and quantifiers in languages and language groups such as Italian, English, Dutch, German, Celtic, Slavonic, Greek, Uralic, and Afro-Asiatic.
MoreLong description:
This is the first book in a two-volume comparative history of negation in the languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. The work integrates typological, general, and theoretical research, documents patterns and directions of change in negation across languages, and examines the linguistic and social factors that lie behind such changes. The first volume presents linked case studies of particular languages and language groups, including French, Italian, English, Dutch, German, Celtic, Slavonic, Greek, Uralic, and Afro-Asiatic. Each outlines and analyses the development of sentential negation and of negative indefinites and quantifiers, including negative concord and, where appropriate, language-specific topics such as the negation of infinitives, negative imperatives, and constituent negation.
The second volume (to be pubished in 2014) will offer comparative analyses of changes in negation systems of European and north African languages and set out an integrated framework for understanding them. The aim of both is a universal understanding of the syntax of negation and how it changes. Their authors develop formal models in the light of data drawn from historical linguistics, especially on processes of grammaticalization, and consider related effects on language acquisition and language contact. At the same time the books seek to advance models of historical syntax more generally and to show the value of uniting perspectives from different theoretical frameworks.
an excellent contribution towards encouraging the systematic comparison of recurrent dimensions of language change through the diachronic study of the grammar of negation in European languages. It offers solid coverage of the languages of Europe and of the evolution of negation. Most specialists of language change will want their library to have a copy, and many will be waiting for the second volume.
Table of Contents:
Comparing Diachronies of Negation
Negation in the History of French
Negation in the History of Italo-Romance
Negation in the History of English
Negation in the History of High German
Negation in the History of Low German and Dutch
Negation in the History of the Brythonic Celtic Languages
Negation in the History of Greek
Negation in the History of the Slavonic Languages
Negation in the History of Arabic and Afro-Asiatic
Negation in the History of the Mordvin Languages
References
Index of Subjects
Index of Languages
