LINGUIST List 22.221 Thu Jan 13 2011 Books: Historical Linguistics/Morphology: Lavidas Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Chris Humphrey , Transitivity Alternations in Diachrony: Changes in Argument Structure and Voice Morphology: Lavidas Message 1: Transitivity Alternations in Diachrony: Changes in Argument Structure and Voice Morphology: Lavidas Date: 23-Dec-2010 From: Chris Humphrey <chumphreyc-s-p.org> Subject: Transitivity Alternations in Diachrony: Changes in Argument Structure and Voice Morphology: Lavidas E-mail this message to a friend Title: Transitivity Alternations in Diachrony: Changes in Argument Structure and Voice Morphology Published: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing                 http://www.c-s-p.org Author: Nikolaos Lavidas Paperback: ISBN: 9781443817493 Pages: 325 Price: U.K. £ 44.99 Abstract: Τhis book offers a new approach to the theory of change in argument structure and voice morphology. It investigates the diachrony of transitivity, and especially the changes in causative verbs and transitivity alternations, based on data mainly from the Greek and English diachrony (all historical data are transcribed and accompanied by glosses and translations into Modern English). Data from earlier periods provide new information on burning questions in both Historical and Theoretical Linguistics. The study shows that (a) causativisations are the result of reanalysis of intransitive verbs as transitive on the basis of the linguistic cue of Case; (b) the changes in voice morphology do not depend on the derivation and direction of new transitivity alternations. Finally, the study demonstrates that the generalisation that guides the changes in voice demands morphological differentiation of the anticausative from the passive types. Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics                             Morphology Subject Language(s): English (eng)                             Greek (ell) Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=52434 New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Page Updated: 13-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.