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Interdependence of Diachronic and Synchronic Analyses

Edited by Folke Josephson and Ingmar Söhrman

University of Gothenburg

Studies in Language Companion Series 103

2008. viii, 350 pp.
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The focus of this volume is the interdependence of diachrony and synchrony in the investigation of syntactic structure. A diverse set of modern and ancient languages is investigated from this perspective, including Hittite, the Classical languages, Old Norse, Coptic, Bantu languages, Australian languages and Creoles. A variety of topics are covered, including TAM, diathesis, valency, case marking, cliticization, and grammaticalization. This volume should be of interest to

syntacticians, typologists, and historical linguists with an interest in syntax and morphology.

Contributors	vii–viii
Introduction	1–11
Synchronic and diachronic evidence for parallels between noun phrases and sentences Jan Rijkhoff	13–42
The development of tense, mood, and aspect in the creole languages, and the typology of affix order Peter Bakker	43–59
Aspectual oppositions from Proto-Indo-European to Latin Dag Haug	61–72
On the development of actionality, tense, and viewpoint from Early to Late Latin Gerd V.M. Haverling	73–104
Continuity and change: The history of two Greek tenses Eva-Carin Gerö and Hans Ruge	105–129
Actionality and aspect in Hittite Folke Josephson	131–147
Imperfectivity and complete events Atle Grønn	149–165
Predicative verbs of transition in Portuguese and Spanish: A cognitive approach to aspect, aktionsart, and tense Ingmar Söhrman and Kåre Nilsson	167–184
The Old Nordic Middle Voice in the pre-literary period: Questions of grammaticalisation and cliticisation Kjartan Ottósson	185–219
The relevance of tense and aspect in Semitic Languages: The case of Hebrew and Arabic Sven-Olof Dahlgren	221–247
The verb phrase in the Kerebe language Christina Thornell	249–281
Comparative TAM morphology in Niger-Congo: The case of persistive, and some other markers in Bantu Jouni Filip Maho	283–298
Indexicals as sources of case markers in Australian languages William B. McGregor	299–321
Differential object marking in Sahidic Coptic Åke Engsheden	323–344
Index	345–350

Linguistics: Historical linguistics
Semantics
Syntax
Theoretical linguistics
Typology

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