Dynamics of morphological productivity : the evolution of noun classes from Latin to Italian /
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| Author / Creator: | Gardani, Francesco, 1975- |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 528 p.). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Empirical approaches to linguistic theory, 2210-6243 ; 4 Empirical approaches to linguistic theory ; v. 4. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9347044 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables
- List of Maps
- Editorial Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations, Signs, and Conventions
- 1. The Evolution of Morphology
- 1.1. Setting the Goals
- 1.2. Delimiting Time and Space
- 2. Productivity
- 2.1. Natural Morphology
- 2.2. The Core of Morphology
- 2.3. Theory of Inflection
- 3. Measuring Productivity
- 3.1. Dressler's Way
- 3.2. Productivity Scale
- 3.3. The Criteria
- 3.3.1. Loanwords Integration
- 3.3.2. Conversion
- 3.3.3. Inflection Class Shift
- 4. Predicting Productivity Changes
- 4.1. Universal, Type-Adequate, and Local Naturalness
- 4.2. What Can We Predict?
- 4.2.1. Naturalness and Productivity
- 4.2.2. Emergence, Increase, Decrease, and Loss
- 4.2.3. Nature and Scope of Productivity
- 5. Productivity of Noun Inflection in Latin
- 5.1. Taxonomy of Latin Nominal Inflection
- 5.1.1. Early Latin Declension
- 5.1.2. Classical and Post-Classical Latin Declension
- 5.1.3. Late Latin Declension
- 5.1.4. Vulgar Latin Declension
- 5.2. Loanwords in Latin
- 5.2.1. Etruscanisms
- 5.2.2. Graecisms
- 5.2.3. Germanisms
- 5.3. Conversion in Latin
- 5.3.1. Establishing the Corpus
- 5.3.2. Corpus of Conversions in Latin
- 5.4. Class Shift in Latin
- 5.4.1. Establishing the Corpus
- 5.4.2. Corpus of Class Shift in Latin
- 6. Productivity of Noun Inflection in Old Italian
- 6.1. Taxonomy of Old Italian Nominal Inflection
- 6.2. Loanwords in Old Italian
- 6.2.1. Germanisms
- 6.2.2. Byzantinisms
- 6.2.3. Arabisms
- 6.2.4. Gallicisms
- 6.3. Conversion in Old Italian
- 6.3.1. Establishing the Corpus
- 6.3.2. Corpus of Conversions in Old Italian
- 6.4. Class Shift in Old Italian
- 6.4.1. Establishing the Corpus
- 6.4.2. Corpus of Class Shift in Old Italian
- 7. Analysis
- 7.1. Analysis of Noun Inflection Productivity in Latin
- 7.1.1. Analysis of Criterion A
- 7.1.2. Analysis of Criterion B
- 7.1.3. Analysis of Criterion C
- 7.1.4. Analysis of Criterion D 1
- 7.1.5. Analysis of Criterion D 2
- 7.1.6. A Synchronic and Diachronic Survey
- 7.2. Analysis of Noun Inflection Productivity in Old Italian
- 7.2.1. Analysis of Criterion A
- 7.2.2. Analysis of Criterion B
- 7.2.3. Analysis of Criterion C
- 7.2.4. Analysis of Criterion D 1
- 7.2.5. Analysis of Criterion D 2
- 7.2.6. Synchronic and Diachronic Surveys
- 7.3. Competing Motivations
- 8. Behind the Scenes of Inflection
- 8.1. The Naturalness of Productive Formatives
- 8.2. How Many Genders?
- 8.3. Poor or Rich?
- 8.4. Conclusion: Productivity Driving the Shift
- Appendix Chronology of Latin Authors and Works
- Editions of Primary Sources
- References
- Indices
- Subject Index
- Index of Languages
- Index of Lexemes