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Syntactic Change and Syntactic Reconstruction: A Tagmemic Approach shows how to reconstruct syntactic constructions, their constituents, and the...
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functions of these constituents for a protolanguage by applying certain procedures of internal and comparative reconstruction to data from other languages concerned.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and SymbolsIntroductionThe Tagmeme, the Syntagmeme, and Comparative Reconstruction1.1 The Tagmeme1.2 The Syntagmeme1.3 Excursus: Horizontal and Vertical Etic Units1.4 Comparative ReconstructionTagmemic and Syntagmemic Change2.1 One-to-one Replacement2.2 Merger2.3 Split2.4 Amorphous Loss or Disappearance2.5 Amorphous Gain or IncrementTagmemic, Syntagmemic, Allotagmatic, and Allosyntagmatic Reconstruction3.1 One-to-one Replacement3.2 Merger3.3 Split3.4 Amorphous Loss or Disappearance3.5 Amorphous Gain or IncrementSyntactosemantic Reconstruction4.1 Tagmemic4.2 SyntagmemicBibliographyIndex
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