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

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dc.contributor.authorCaswell, Cynthia
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-16T22:11:07Z
dc.date.available2016-06-16T22:11:07Z
dc.date.issued1992-09
dc.description.abstractLightfoot (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.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationCaswell, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28900
dc.identifier.issn2371-2643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51359
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectLinguistic changeen_US
dc.subjectSemanticsen_US
dc.subjectConstraints (Linguistics)en_US
dc.subjectHistorical linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectGreek languageen_US
dc.subjectSyntaxen_US
dc.titleMechanisms of language change constraints on reinterpretation processes as evidenced in particle reinterpretation data from Homeric Greeken_US
dc.typejournal article
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