Language Typology and Historical Contingency

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In honor of Johanna Nichols

Balthasar Bickel Lenore A. Grenoble David A. Peterson Alan Timberlake(Editor)

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Language Typology and Historical Contingency
Editorial page
Title page
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Table of contents
Preface
Part I. Structures and typologies
Discourse semantics and the form of the verb predicate in Karachay-Balkar
1. Introduction
2. Methodological notes
3. Summary of Karachay-Balkar verb morphology
4. Discourse data
5. Discourse functions of clauses and the frequency of predicate forms
6. Major predicate forms in narrative clauses
6.1 The use of finite forms
6.2 The use of the consecutive converb in -(I)p
7. A hypothesis on the choice between the major predicate forms
8. Causal-temporal relation and the choice of predicate form
8.1 Dynamic scenario
8.2 Natural sequence
8.3 Plain temporal sequence
9. Systematicity of the finite versus nonfinite choice: Experimental verification
9.1 Method and data
9.2 Results
9.3 Discussion
10. Minor predicate forms used in narrative clauses
10.1 Parallel converb in -A/-j
10.2 Perfect masdar + locative
10.3 Perfect masdar + zamanda
10.4 Perfect masdar + ablative.
10.5 Perfect masdar +suffix -lAj
10.6 Conditional
10.7 Past
10.8 Particle da 'and'
11. Predicate forms used in descriptive clauses
11.1 Nominal/adverb
11.2 Nominal/adverb + edi
11.3 bar 'existent, there is'
11.4 bar/zoq edi 'there was/there was not'
11.5 bol?an 'was'
11.6 bola edi 'was'
11.7 Perfect
11.8 Parallel converb
12. Conclusions
Abbreviations
References
Typology and channel of communication
1. Introduction
2. Locus of marking: Dependent-marking and head-marking
3. Grammatical relations: Agreement, case-marking, and alignment
4. Framing: Verb-framed and satellite-framed
5. Subject or topic prominence
6. Reference tracking
7. Simultaneous morphology
8. Conclution
References
Appendix: Selected list of books on linguistics of sign languages
Marking versus indexing
1. Introduction: The Nichols marking-locus typology
1.1 Domain of typology
1.2 Phrase-level application
2. Marking versus indexing
2.1 Indexing as an orthogonal dimension in phrasal relations
2.2 Initial orienting example
2.3 Information in modified NP constructions
2.4 Zero indexing: A Kayardild example
2.5 Double indexing: A Beja example
3. Indexing and marking: A more systematic typology
3.1 Indexing in dependent-marking structures
3.1.1 DM, DI
3.1.2 DM, HI
3.2 Indexing in head-marking structures
3.2.1 HM, ØI
3.2.2 HM, 2I
3.2.3 HM, HI
3.2.4 Summary
3.3 Indexing in double-marking structures
3.3.1 Double marking: ØI on both elements
3.3.2 Double marking: DI on head, ØI on dependent
3.3.3 Double-marking: DI on both head and dependent
3.3.4 Double marking: 2I on head, ØI on dependent
3.3.5 Double marking: 2I on head, DI on dependent
3.3.6 Double marking, 2I on head, HI on dependent
4. Conclusions
Abbreviations
References
Head-marking languages and linguistic theory
1. Introduction
2. Some challenges posed by head-marked syntax
3. Generative approaches
4. The Role and Reference Grammar approach
5. The layered structure of the clause and the layered structure of the word
6. Conclusion
References
Lessons of variability in clause coordination
1. Difficulties in the description of variation in coordinating constructions
2. Examples of clausal coordination in five languages
2.1 Bezhta
2.2 Chamalal
2.3 Khvarshi
2.4 Avar
2.5 Tabassaran
2.6 Conclusion
3. Strategies and principles
3.1 Strategies for forming coordinating constructions
3.1.1 Coding of the dependent clause
3.1.2 Linear order of clauses
3.1.3 Coding the target of the anaphoric reduction
3.2 Principles of forming coordinating constructions
3.2.1 Identification of NPs that are connected by an anaphoric relation
3.2.2 Syntactic characteristics of basic sentence alignment
3.2.3 Syntactic positions of coreferential NPs
3.2.4 The linear sequence of main and dependent clauses under syntactic subordination
4. Variation in coordinating constructions in terms of strategies and principles
4.1 Bezhta
4.2 Chamalal
4.3 Khvarshi
4.4 Avar
4.5 Tabassaran
5. Conclusion
5.1 Linguistic diversity
5.2 The method of multifactor second-order calculus
5.3 The non-specific nature of principles and strategies
5.4 Motivation of principles
5.5 The motivation of strategies
5.6 The typology of related languages
5.7 Coordinating constructions in historical perspective
References
Noun classes grow on trees
1. Introduction
2. Background on noun classification in Tsez
3. Approaches to noun classification in Tsez
4. The current project
4.1 Decision-tree modeling
4.2 Testing
4.3 Results
5. Conclusions
References
Affecting valence in Khumi
1. Introduction
2. Basic morphosyntax
2.1 Nominal marking
2.2 Verbal participant coding
3. Prefixal valence-affecting morphology
4. Suffixal valence-affecting morphology
4.1 The benefactive/malefactive applicative -pë1
4.2 Causative/applicative -hay3
5. Summary and some observations on development
References
Capturing diversity in language acquisition research
1. Introduction
2. Variation and language acquisition
3. The data scarcity problem
4. Traditional approaches to sampling
5. An alternative: Clustered Sampling
6. An example: A clustered sample capturing complexity variation
7. Discussion
8. Conclusions
References
Part II. Distributions in time and space
Who inherits what, when?
1. Areality and contact
2. Kinds of contact events
3. Pama-Nyungan languages
4. Australian phonological norms
5. (North)(east)ern Australia
6. A pre-Pama-Nyungan history for Cape York
7. Conclusions
Abbreviations
References
Appendix 1. Number of contrastive lateral phonemes in Australian phonologies, compared with other regions in the world
Polysynthesis in the Arctic/Sub-Arctic
1. Introduction
2. Polysynthesis as a one-way road?
3. Symptoms of old versus new polysynthesis
4. Application to other regions
5. How old is polysynthesis in the Amur-Sakhalin-Hokkaido region?
Abbreviations
References
A (micro-)accretion zone in a remnant zone?
1. Introduction
2. Lower Fungom: A linguistic overview
3. Lower Fungom as a (micro-)accretion zone
4. Lower Fungom and accretion-zone dynamics
5. Linguistic diversity in space and time and language documentation
References
A history of Iroquoian gender marking
1. Introduction
2. The North Iroquoian genders
3. Chafe's reconstruction
4. Problems with Chafe's reconstruction
5. An alternative proposal
6. Some oddities of Tuscarora
7. Conclusion
References
The satem shift, Armenian siser?n, and the early Indo-European of the Balkans
1. Introduction
2. Palato-velars and the centum-satem line
2.1 Chickpeas
2.2 Grass peas
3. Conclusion
References
Penultimate lengthening in Bantu
1. Introduction
2. Bantu penultimate lengthening: An overview
3. Discussion
4. Antepenultimate and pre-antepenultimate shortening
5. Conclusion
References
Appendices
Appendix 1. Languages with PL that have lost the PB *V/VV contrast
Appendix 2. Languages without PL that have lost the PB *V/VV contrast
Appendix 3. Languages with positionally restricted vowel length
Culture and the spread of Slavic
1. Introduction
2. Slavic Urheimat
3. Slavic Urheimat: II
4. Slavic Demic dislocation: I and II
5. Slavic Demic dislocation: III
6. Slavic culture in the Danube valley
7. Issues in language spread: Ethnogenesis
8. Issues in language spread: Commentary
8.1 Multiethnicity
8.2 Sociolinguistics
8.3 Demic movement
8.4 Prehistory
8.5 Ethnos: Structure and praxis
9. Summary
References
The syntax and pragmatics of Tungusic revisited
1. Introduction
2. Syntax and pragmatics in Tungusic, revisited
3. Clause combining
3.1 Parataxis
3.2 Coordinating particles and conjunctions
3.3 Evenki under Russian influence
4. Subordination
4.1 Converbs and subordination
4.2 Narrative structure and converbs
4.3 Contact and subordination: The impact of Russian
5. Language contact, borrowability, and shift
5.1 Coordination and conjunctions
5.2 Converbs
6. Conclusion: Clause combining, contact, and shift
References
Some observations on typological features of hunter-gatherer languages
1. Introduction
2. Method of typological comparison
3. Typological peculiarities
3.1 Order of meaningful elements
3.2 Phonology
3.3 Lexicon
4. Conclusion and prospects
Acknowledgment
References
Typologizing phonetic precursors to sound change
1. Introduction
2. Phonetic precursors defined
3. Quantifying phonetic precursor robustness
4. Toward a typology of phonetic precursor robustness
5. Conclusions
References
Distributional biases in language families
1. Introduction
2. The Family Bias Method: The basic ideas
3. Illustrations of the method
3.1 A Scenario A example: A-before-P order
3.2 A Scenario B example: Coding of property concepts in predicate position
4. Evidence for the theoretical assumptions of the method
5. The problem of small families
6. Extending the Family Bias Method to multivariate distributions
6.1 Example 1: Relative clause position and word order
6.2 Example 2: Hotbeds of pronominal gender
7. Discussion
8. Conclusions
References
The morphology of imperatives in Lak
1. Introduction
2. The Lak imperative: Basic rules
2.1 Uslar on the Lak imperative
2.2 Èldarova on the Lak imperative
2.3 Additional observations on Lak verbs and imperatives
3. Imperative formation in Dargi
4. Prolegomenon to the Appendices
5. Conclusions
References
Appendix 1. Lak 2sg.aff.tr.iv stem vowels by verb
Appendix 2. Lak 2sg.aff.tr.iv stem vowel by stem vowel with reference to Èldarova
Subgrouping in Tibeto-Burman
1. Introduction
2. Type-identifying versus individual-identifying evidence
3. Tibeto-Burman
References
Part II. A (cautionary) note on methodology
Real data, contrived data, and the Yokuts Canon
1. Introduction
1.1 The scope of Yokuts data contrivance
1.2 The sample survey
2. When and why contrived forms are used
2.1 The treatment of contrived data elsewhere
3. Potential problems fostered by contrived data
3.1 Reliance on erroneous generalizations
3.2 Misapplication of generalizations
3.3 Canonization
4. Is this practice as innocent as it seems?
5. The logic of discovery and the history of science
5.1 The logic of discovery and the logic of justification
6. Conclusion and queries
6.1 Robustness
7. Postscript: Newman's legacy
References
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