Language Change and Linguistic Diversity : : Studies in Honour of Lyle Campbell / / ed. by Thiago Costa Chacon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• MitwirkendeR: Adelaar, Willem F. H.,; Blust, Robert,; Coelho Aragon, Carolina,; Costa Chacon, Thiago,; Crevels, Mily,; Dahlstrom, Amy,; Ferraz Gerardi, Fabrício,; Goddard, Ives,; Gorrochategui, Joaquín,; Harris, Alice C.,; Heaton, Raina,; Koller, Eve Okura,; Lee, Nala H.,; Mora-Marín, David F.,; Muysken, Pieter,; O’Grady, William,; Pache, Matthias,; Rogers, Chris,; Silva, W. D. L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Chacon, Thiago Costa,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 p.) :; 20 B/W illustrations 36 B/W tables

Explores advances in the fields of language documentation, language change and historical linguistics13 chapters presenting case studies of research in the fields of historical linguistics, typology, language description and documentationBroad geographical and theoretical scope, focusing especially on lesser known and endangered languages Brings together original research by well-established scholars in linguistics including Robert Blust, Amy Dahlstrom, Ives Goddard, Alice Harris and Raina HeatonProfessor Lyle Campbell has had a long and distinguished career and his extensive work on the languages of Mesoamerica have inspired research and researchers. In this volume, contributors come together to present new data, analyses and theoretical perspectives on how understanding language change raises questions for language documentation, description and even revitalization.Coverage ranges from the linguistic isolates Basque and Mapundungun to large families such as Tupian and Austronesian and spans a range of theoretical issues including ongoing language change, etymological opacity, word order, alignment systems and grammatical relations, language contact, onomastics and the study of pre-history. The book shows that linguistic fieldwork, when carried out and used appropriately, allows for a more consistent understanding of language change, and for a better understanding of the ethnographic record. It also explores the junctures between language change, linguistic diversity and other related fields that draw on primary linguistic fieldwork.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- In Memoriam -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Language Change and Diversity at the Crossroads of Historical Linguistics, Language Documentation, and Linguistic Typology -- 2 Using the Acoustic Correlates of Voice Quality as Explanations for the Changes in the Descriptions of Xinkan Glottalized Consonants -- 3 Variation and Change in the Distribution of *-(V)n and *-(V)w in Kaqchikel -- 4 Origins of Metathesis in Batsbi, Part II: Intransitive Verbs -- 5 Some Remarks on Etymological Opacity in Austronesian Languages -- 6 The Relationship between Aquitanian and Basque: Achievements and Challenges of the Comparative Method in a Context of Poor Documentation -- 7 Evidence, New and Old, Against the Late *k(’) > *ch(’) Areal Shift Hypothesis -- 8 Are All Language Isolates Equal? The Case of Mapudungun -- 9 The Historical Linguistics and Archaeology of Ancient North America: “A Linguistic Look” at the Hopewell -- 10 The Lenguas de Bolivia Project: Background and Further Prospects -- 11 The Typology of Grammatical Relations in Tuparian Languages with Special Focus on Akuntsú -- 12 Meskwaki (Algonquian) Evidence against Basic Word Order and Configurational Models of Argument Roles -- 13 The Syntax of Alignment: An Emergentist Typology -- Subject and Scholar Index -- Languages and Linguistic Families Index