LINGUIST List 26.3704

Thu Aug 20 2015

Books: When synchrony meets Diachrony: Ngangoum

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Date: 20-Aug-2015
From: Martine Paulissen <gw.uilots.lotuu.nl>
Subject: When synchrony meets Diachrony: Ngangoum
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Title: When synchrony meets Diachrony
Subtitle: The negation system of the Fɛʔfɛʔ in the light of the Jespersen Cycle
Series Title: LOT dissertation series
Published: 2015
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT)
                http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/when-synchrony-meets-diachrony

Author: Emilienne Ngangoum
Paperback: ISBN: 9789460931741 Pages: Price: ----
Abstract:

This dissertation is concerned with synchronicvariation as the reflection and residue of language change. It springs from the need to account for the numerous ways of expressing negation in contemporary Fɛʔfɛʔ (Grassfield Bantu), given the observation that many languages across the continents make use of a single marker for the same purpose. The leading research question is whether there exists a roadmap susceptible to lead from one of the extremes to the other. The answer to this question establishes a connection between synchronic variation and diachrony.

Using cross-generational variation within Fɛʔfɛʔ, macro-variation data from languages with historical records, and micro-variation data from closely related Bamileke languages, it is argued that grammar internal variation of the kind observed in Fɛʔfɛʔ is the manifestation of language change. This approach constitutes an inspiration for the analysis of languages that don’t have written records from previous generations.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                            Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Fe'fe' (fmp)
Language Family(ies): Bamileke

Written In: English (eng)

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