Syntactic Change and Syntactic Reconstruction: A Tagmemic Approach

Statement of Responsibility:
Costello, John R
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Authors:
Costello, John R.
Series:
SIL International Publications in Linguistics
Date:
1983
Publisher:
Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University of Texas at Arlington
Publisher Place:
Dallas
Part Of Series:
Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics 68
Extent:
xxvii, 79 pages
Publication Status:
Published
Table of Contents:

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Symbols
Introduction

  1. The Tagmeme, the Syntagmeme, and Comparative Reconstruction
    • 1.1 The Tagmeme
    • 1.2 The Syntagmeme
    • 1.3 Excursus: Horizontal and Vertical Etic Units
    • 1.4 Comparative Reconstruction

  2. Tagmemic and Syntagmemic Change
    • 2.1 One-to-one Replacement
    • 2.2 Merger
    • 2.3 Split
    • 2.4 Amorphous Loss or Disappearance
    • 2.5 Amorphous Gain or Increment

  3. Tagmemic, Syntagmemic, Allotagmatic, and Allosyntagmatic Reconstruction
    • 3.1 One-to-one Replacement
    • 3.2 Merger
    • 3.3 Split
    • 3.4 Amorphous Loss or Disappearance
    • 3.5 Amorphous Gain or Increment

  4. Syntactosemantic Reconstruction
    • 4.1 Tagmemic
    • 4.2 Syntagmemic
Content Language:
English [eng]
Field:
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Work Type:
Book
Subject:
Comparative and historical studies
Language change
Tagmemic Theory
Nature of Work:
Text
Entry Number:
8519