The Diachrony of Word Class Peripheries
Word classes of a language are usually not homogeneous groups of lexemes that share the same morphological and syntactic properties completely. Rather, lexemes are usually grouped together that have some basic commonalities but may differ in detail, e.g., regarding their inflectional behaviour. In m...
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| description | Word classes of a language are usually not homogeneous groups of lexemes that share the same morphological and syntactic properties completely. Rather, lexemes are usually grouped together that have some basic commonalities but may differ in detail, e.g., regarding their inflectional behaviour. In many cases, one can identify within a word class a large number of lexemes that conform to a certain morphological or syntactic pattern (often referred to as “core members”) whilst there is only a comparatively small number of deviants (“peripheral members”). Examples abound: borrowings (in several word classes) may differ grammatically from native words, some complex verbs evade certain syntactic slots (such as verb-second position in German), mass and proper nouns differ grammatically from (other) nouns, and so on. In this volume, we focus on the diachrony of such phenomena. We consider that the study of change and stability can be particularly helpful in furthering our understanding of the diversity within word classes concerning, for example, the motivation for divergent grammatical properties. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1700482025-12-10T14:11:39Z The Diachrony of Word Class Peripheries Ackermann, Tanja Zimmer, Christian Theoretical linguistics Syntax Morphology Historical linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology Word classes of a language are usually not homogeneous groups of lexemes that share the same morphological and syntactic properties completely. Rather, lexemes are usually grouped together that have some basic commonalities but may differ in detail, e.g., regarding their inflectional behaviour. In many cases, one can identify within a word class a large number of lexemes that conform to a certain morphological or syntactic pattern (often referred to as “core members”) whilst there is only a comparatively small number of deviants (“peripheral members”). Examples abound: borrowings (in several word classes) may differ grammatically from native words, some complex verbs evade certain syntactic slots (such as verb-second position in German), mass and proper nouns differ grammatically from (other) nouns, and so on. In this volume, we focus on the diachrony of such phenomena. We consider that the study of change and stability can be particularly helpful in furthering our understanding of the diversity within word classes concerning, for example, the motivation for divergent grammatical properties. Published 2025-12-10T14:11:36Z 2025-12-10T14:11:36Z 2025-11-07 book 9789027244499 (Eb) 9789027228307 (Hb) https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/170048 eng Studies in Language Companion Series image/png Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://benjamins.com/catalog/slcs.238 https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.238?locatt=mode:legacy John Benjamins Publishing Company 10.1075/slcs.238 10.1075/slcs.238 a0ecc02e-9674-41da-98fe-e7842d79279a 28a93eed-7829-4fa0-8ce6-6f5cd70e0c09 9789027244499 (Eb) 9789027228307 (Hb) 238 v, 252 pp. Amsterdam Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) open access |
| spellingShingle | Theoretical linguistics Syntax Morphology Historical linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology The Diachrony of Word Class Peripheries |
| title | The Diachrony of Word Class Peripheries |
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| topic | Theoretical linguistics Syntax Morphology Historical linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology |
| topic_facet | Theoretical linguistics Syntax Morphology Historical linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax and morphology |
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