Grammatical Reconstruction : : The Sogeram Languages of New Guinea / / Don Daniels.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Daniels, Don,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Language Change [SLC] , 16
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XII, 344 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Methodology --; Chapter 3. Phonology --; Chapter 4. Verbs and Verb Morphology --; Chapter 5. Nominal Morphology --; Chapter 6. Syntactic Constructions --; Chapter 7. Lexical Reconstructions --; Chapter 8. Conclusion --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110616217; 9783110696288; 9783110696271; 9783110659061; 9783110743166; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704761; 9783110704563
• ISSN: 2163-0992
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110616217
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Don Daniels.

There is still widespread disagreement among historical linguists about how, or whether, syntactic reconstruction can be done. This book presents a comprehensive methodology for syntactic reconstruction, grounded in a constructional understanding of language. The author then uses that methodology to reconstruct Proto-Sogeram, the ancestor to ten languages in Papua New Guinea. Chapters are devoted to phonology, lexicon, verbal morphosyntax, nominal morphosyntax, and syntactic constructions. The work culminates in a sketch of Proto-Sogeram grammar. Based largely on the author's original fieldwork, this is an innovative application of a novel methodology to new data, and the most complete reconstruction of a Papuan proto-language to date. It will be of interest to scholars of language change, language reconstruction, typology, and Papuan languages.