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Mechanisms of language change constraints on reinterpretation processes as evidenced in particle reinterpretation data from Homeric Greek

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Author
Caswell, Cynthia
Accessioned
2016-06-16T22:11:07Z
Available
2016-06-16T22:11:07Z
Issued
1992-09
Subject
Linguistics
Linguistic change
Semantics
Constraints (Linguistics)
Historical linguistics
Greek language
Syntax
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journal article
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Abstract
Lightfoot (1980) claims that the mechanism for syntactic change, reinterpretation, lacks constraints. An in depth study of particle reinterpretation in Ancient Greek will be presented to demonstrate semantic constraints on the process. Particle reinterpretation involves several steps, whereby adverbial particles are associated with Kase-phrases (KP) and are eventually reinterpreted as the case-assigning head of the phrase. The constraints on the process are specific and easily identifiable, but they should not be attributed to the "the very broad constraints of UG", as Lightfoot claimed. Familiarity with Lehmann and Venneman's (1974) theory of word-order change and Baker's (1988) theory of incorporation is helpful for understanding the issue, but not absolutely necessary to follow the argument as presented here.
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Citation
Caswell, C. (1992). Mechanisms of language change constraints on reinterpretation processes as evidenced in particle reinterpretation data from Homeric Greek. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 15(Fall), 13-34.
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Linguistics
Faculty
Arts
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University of Calgary
Publisher
University of Calgary
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28900
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http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51359
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