The Evolution of the Slavic Dual
A Biolinguistic Perspective
Seiten
2019
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498579247 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498579247 (ISBN)
Developing a new theory of morphosyntactic feature economy in a morphology framework, this book uses a biolinguistic approach to examine the evolution of Slavic languages to discover how some developed a separate dual number category while others have only singular and plural and to explain the evolution of the number category in Slavic languages.
The dual number in Slavic has always puzzled linguists. While some Slavic languages, such as Slovenian, have three distinct categories of number--singular (1), dual (2), and plural (3 or more) –other Slavic languages, such as Russian, have no dual number. Considering that all Slavic languages have evolved from a common Proto Slavic language, it is puzzling that there is such a difference in the category of number. In The Evolution of the Slavic Dual: A Biolinguistic Perspective, with the aid of tools from biolinguistics, Tatyana G. Slobodchikoff develops a new theory of Morphosyntactic Feature Economy within the distributed morphology framework. Using newly digitized corpora of Old East Slavic, Old Slovenian, and Old Sorbian manuscripts spanning from the eleventh century through the present time, this book presents a thorough analysis of the evolution of dual number in Slavic languages.
The dual number in Slavic has always puzzled linguists. While some Slavic languages, such as Slovenian, have three distinct categories of number--singular (1), dual (2), and plural (3 or more) –other Slavic languages, such as Russian, have no dual number. Considering that all Slavic languages have evolved from a common Proto Slavic language, it is puzzling that there is such a difference in the category of number. In The Evolution of the Slavic Dual: A Biolinguistic Perspective, with the aid of tools from biolinguistics, Tatyana G. Slobodchikoff develops a new theory of Morphosyntactic Feature Economy within the distributed morphology framework. Using newly digitized corpora of Old East Slavic, Old Slovenian, and Old Sorbian manuscripts spanning from the eleventh century through the present time, this book presents a thorough analysis of the evolution of dual number in Slavic languages.
Tatyana G. Slobodchikoff is lecturer of English at Troy University.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Problem of the Slavic Dual from a Diachronic Perspective
Chapter 3: The Slavic Dual from a Typological Perspective
Chapter 4: Derivation of the Slavic Dual in Distributed Morphology
Chapter 5: The Slavic Dual and Number Theory
Chapter 6: Morphosyntactic Feature Economy and Reanalysis
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Appendix A: Abbreviations
Appendix B: Orthographical Systems and Transliteration Symbols
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Slavic, Baltic, and Eastern European Languages and Cultures |
| Zusatzinfo | 64 tables; 90 charts; |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 232 mm |
| Gewicht | 440 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781498579247 / 9781498579247 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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