Eintrag

Titel

Language contact in Europe: the periphrastic perfect through history

Personen

Bridget Drinka

Jahr

2017

Typ

Monographie

Verlag

Cambridge University Press

Ort

Cambridge

ISBN

978-0-521-51493-4

Schlagwörter

Perfekt
Syntax

Abstract

Description Contents Resources Courses About the Authors This comprehensive new work provides extensive evidence for the essential role of language contact as a primary trigger for change. Unique in breadth, it traces the spread of the periphrastic perfect across Europe over the last 2,500 years, illustrating at each stage the micro-responses of speakers and communities to macro-historical pressures. Among the key forces claimed to be responsible for normative innovations in both eastern and western Europe is 'roofing' - the superstratal influence of Greek and Latin on languages under the influence of Greek Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism respectively. The author provides a new interpretation of the notion of 'sprachbund', presenting the model of a three-dimensional stratified convergence zone, and applies this model to her analysis of the have and be perfects within the Charlemagne sprachbund. The book also tackles broader theoretical issues, for example, demonstrating that the perfect tense should not be viewed as a universal category. Provides a comprehensive examination of the development of a single feature across space and time Employs an empirical approach, utilizing textual analysis, mapping, and statistical evaluation Questions key claims made about the perfect construction, such as its universality and its unidirectionality towards past tense

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