Jespersen Gives and Jespersen Takes by Giuseppe Magistro
The book focuses on the linguistic phenomenon known as Jespersen's cycle in the dialects of Veneto, in northern Italy. Different perspectives of the emerging negator are explored: ranging from meaning, phonetic properties to the role of a focal feature. The book novelty lies in the use of acoustic data to investigate the diachrony of negation. It is shown that prosody plays a role in grammaticalization, cueing (in)stability in the reanalysis from a focal negator to a standard negation marker. The implications of this study promise new research avenues, showing the advantages of synchronous variation to inform diachrony and proposing that phonetic variation may be crucial in syntactic change.
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Giuseppe Magistro, Ghent University, Belgium.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9783111550121 |
| ISBN 10 | 3111550125 |
| Title | Jespersen Gives and Jespersen Takes |
| Author | Giuseppe Magistro |
| Series | Trends In Linguistics Studies And Monographs [Tilsm] |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | De Gruyter |
| Year published | 2026-08-31 |
| Number of pages | 249 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |