History of the Reinforced Demonstrative in Nordic

Regional Variation and Reconstruction

AvEric T. Lander

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del 13 i serien Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics

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Beskrivning

The task of reconstructing the reinforced demonstrative paradigm for early Nordic has been called “impossible” by the eminent Einar Haugen. In The History of the Reinforced Demonstrative in Nordic, Eric T. Lander aims to accomplish exactly this, by way of an exhaustive study of the pronoun’s attestations in the Viking Age runic inscriptions, which are the earliest forms of this item to be recorded in Scandinavia. The detailed picture of regional variation that emerges is then used to inform reconstructions of the paradigm from Proto-Nordic to Common Nordic. The book represents the first serious attempt in historical-comparative linguistics to grapple with the morphological development of the North-West Germanic reinforced demonstrative since the work of 19th-century scholars like Sophus Bugge.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-10-29
Mått:155 x 235 x 27 mm
Vikt:702 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics
Antal sidor:324
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004435247

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Mer om författaren

Eric T. Lander, Ph.D. (2016), Ghent University, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism, Stockholm University. He has published in the areas of syntax, morphology, and Germanic historical linguistics. He is co-editor of Exploring Nanosyntax (OUP, 2018).

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsList of Figures, Maps, and TablesAbbreviationsConventions Followed1 Introducing the Reinforced Demonstrative1.1 The Germanic Family Tree1.2 (Reinforced) Demonstratives1.3 Treatment in the Literature1.4 Goals and Outline of the Book2 Synchronic and Diachronic Background2.1 Basic Concepts and Terms2.2 A Typology of rdem Forms2.3 Doubly Inflected (Hybrid I/II) Forms2.4 A Generalization about D and KD2.5 Etymologies2.6 Summary of Types and Etymologies3 A Methodology for Studying the Viking Age Material3.1 Background on Runes3.2 Method3.3 Critique of Massengale (1972)3.4 Summary of Methods4 Regional Variation: si, sa, a, and i Forms4.1 Background4.2 Data4.3 Analysis4.4 Sociolinguistic Evidence4.5 The i and Endingless Variants4.6 Taking Stock5 Regional Variation: Internal vs. External Inflection5.1 Background: Gemination in the New Stem5.2 Data5.3 Taking Stock6 Paradigm Reconstructions6.1 Loss of Generalized dem-si6.2 Proto-Nordic6.3 Common Nordic6.4 Summary7 Conclusion7.1 Variation in the m.acc.sg and n.nom/acc.sg7.2 Internal to External Inflection: A Fitful Evolution7.3 Etymological and Reconstructive ConsiderationsAppendix 1: List of rdem Attestations in the Runic CorpusAppendix 2: Supplementary TablesBibliographyIndex