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1 online resource (xv, 234 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 20 |
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Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 20.
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Cover; Grammaticalization and the Rise of Configurationality in Indo-Aryan; Copyright; Contents; Series preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Glosses; Primary sources; Vedic Sanskrit:; Pali:; Apabhramsha:; Old Awadhi:; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Contextualization; 1.2 The corpus; 1.2.1 General remarks; 1.2.2 Texts; 1.2.3 Data; 1.3 Outline of the study; 2: Grammaticalization and configurationality; 2.1 Grammaticalization; 2.2 Non-configurationality: A brief history; 2.3 Non-configurationality and nominal expressions; 2.3.1 The Wackernagel position; 2.3.2 True and apparent discontinuity |
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2.3.3 Correlates of discontinuous nominal expressions2.4 What is different between Vedic Sanskrit and Hindi?; 2.4.1 Vedic Sanskrit; 2.4.1.1 Non-configurationality in Vedic Sanskrit; 2.4.1.2 Non-configurationality and nominal expressions in Vedic Sanskrit; 2.4.1.3 Correlates; 2.4.2 Hindi; 2.5 Configurationality as a historical phenomenon; 2.6 Grammaticalization and the development of phrasal structures; 2.7 Summary; 3: The diverse origins of the Hindi simple postpositions; 3.1 M ̀in;́ 3.2 Par ̀on;́ 3.3 Instrumental-ablative se; 3.4 Dative-accusative ko; 3.5 Ergative ne; 3.6 Possessive kā/e/ī |
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3.7 Summary4: Local particles: The unique source of adpositions and configurationality in Indo-European?; 4.1 The traditional scenario; 4.2 Syntax and semantics of the local particles in Old and Middle Indic; 4.2.1 Local particles in the Rigveda; 4.2.2 Post-Rigvedic developments: The persistency of anu, ā, prati, and tiras; 4.3 Why were the local particles not reanalysed as adpositions?; 4.4 Conclusion; 5: The components of the source constructions; 5.1 From symmetrical group to phrase?; 5.2 Relational noun expressions in Pali; 5.3 The post-Vedic genitive shift |
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5.3.1 Proliferation of relational noun expressions5.3.2 Pseudo-nouns; 5.3.3 Reanalysis of local case forms; 5.3.3.1 Syncretism; 5.3.3.2 Gaining ground: The semantic changes of zero-valent adverbs undergoing the genitive shift; 5.4 Semantic evidence; 5.5 Symmetrical and asymmetrical groups; 5.6 Conclusion; 6: The origin of the postpositional syntagm; 6.1 Why does Indo-Aryan have postpositions?; 6.1.1 Language-internal and language-external explanations; 6.1.2 Word order patterns of gen + madhye/upari in Old and Middle Indo-Aryan; 6.2 The Wackernagel position across time |
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6.3 Pronominal possessors6.3.1 Data; 6.3.2 Why genpro n order?; 6.4 Summary; 7: From group to phrase; 7.1 Metaphorical change and the obligatorification of possessors; 7.1.1 Madhye from Vedic Sanskrit to Apabhramsha; 7.1.2 Upari from Pali to Apabhramsha; 7.2 Animacy and localization; 7.3 The role of pronominal possessors; 7.4 From complex to simple spatial relations; 7.4.1 Madhye from Apabhramsha to Hindi; 7.4.2 Upari from Apabhramsha to Hindi; 7.5 Grammaticalization and the emergence of phrase structure; 7.6 Conclusion; 8: Paradigmatization: A process sui generis? |
| Summary |
This work examines historical changes in the grammar of the Indo-Aryan languages from the period of their earliest attestations in Vedic Sanskrit (around 1000 BC) to contemporary Hindi, with specific focus on the rise of configurational structure as a by-product of the grammaticalization of postpositions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-227) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indo-Aryan languages -- Syntax
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Indo-Aryan languages -- Syntax -- History
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Indo-Aryan languages -- Postpositions -- History
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Electronic books
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History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191800368 |
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0191800368 |
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0198736665 |
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9780198736660 |
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