Screen LibraryLexical and structural etymology : beyond word histories /
This pioneer volume assembles thirteen etymological studies covering a broad range of languages, focusing in particular Australian Indigenous languages. Etymology is understood in a broad sense as a type of historical research that aims at investigating the origin of a word (lexical etymology) or st...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2013] ©2013 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in language change [slc];
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| Summary: |
This pioneer volume assembles thirteen etymological studies covering a broad range of languages, focusing in particular Australian Indigenous languages. Etymology is understood in a broad sense as a type of historical research that aims at investigating the origin of a word (lexical etymology) or structure (structural etymology). The phenomena investigated in the contributions comprise Australian Indigenous place names and kinship terms, constructions and word histories in Oceanic languages, typological investigations and papers on the methodology of etymological research. |
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1 online resource(xi,324pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| Bibliography: | Num. figs., tabs. and maps |
| ISBN: | 9781614510581 |
| Index Number: | PE1072 |
| CLC: | H84 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contact details and affiliations of contributors -- Abbreviations -- Table of contents -- Introduction: Etymology beyond word histories / Towards a framework of contact etymology / Obscure vs. transparent cognates in linguistic reconstruction / The etymology of a paradigm: the Pama-Nyungan 3SgF reconsidered / Constructional etymology: The sources of relative clauses / Concerning myself / Granny got cross: semantic change of kami mother s mother to father s mother in Pama-Nyungan / Shadows of bygone lives: The histories of spiritual words in northern Vanuatu / Markers of the spirit world in Oceanic languages / Etymology of Yuwaalaraay Gamilaraay bird names / The smuggled budgie: case study of an Australian loanblend / Archaisms in placenames in Arabana- Wangkangurru country / Subject index. |