Subject
Research Seminar in Historical Linguistics and Typology I: Theories and Methods
General details of the subject
- Mode
- Face-to-face degree course
- Language
- Spanish
Description and contextualization of the subject
In this research seminar we will study, on the one hand, the differences between the approaches to historical change in different linguistic schools and, on the other hand, the new advances in the study of historical syntax. The approaches we will study in this course will be the following: traditional approaches (especially, descriptive typology), functional approaches (description and possible solutions for classical problems in syntax), and generative approaches (the study of diachrony by applying the last advances in the study of syntax at a synchronic level).Competencies
| Name | Weight |
|---|---|
| Capacidad de comprender aspectos generales y específicos de la evolución de las lenguas (en periodos históricos y prehistóricos), del establecimiento de familias lingüísticas y de la reconstrucción de protolenguas. | 25.0 % |
| Capacidad de identificar las propiedades de las distintos modelos recientes sobre el cambio lingüístico (tanto en fonología como en morfología, sintaxis o léxico). | 25.0 % |
| Capacidad de comprender y aplicar la metodología de las propuestas teóricas fundamentales actualmente en vigor sobre la evolución de las lenguas y sus relaciones genéticas. | 25.0 % |
| Capacidad de elaborar reseñas críticas de obras relacionadas con los temas tratados en el curso y dar respuesta a problemas específicos relacionados con el cambio lingüístico así como con la clasificación y reconstrucción de lenguas. | 25.0 % |
Study types
| Type | Face-to-face hours | Non face-to-face hours | Total hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture-based | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| Applied classroom-based groups | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Applied computer-based groups | 0 | 45 | 45 |
Training activities
| Name | Hours | Percentage of classroom teaching |
|---|---|---|
| Exercises | 15.0 | 0 % |
| Expositive classes | 20.0 | 100 % |
| Presentations and Papers | 20.0 | 50 % |
| Readings | 20.0 | 0 % |
Assessment systems
| Name | Minimum weighting | Maximum weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance and participation | 20.0 % | 40.0 % |
| Presentations | 60.0 % | 80.0 % |
Ordinary call: orientations and renunciation
Work in class and exercisesEssay and exercises in class
This evaluation system is designed for face-to-face teaching and will be adapted in the event that we enter a new state of health emergency and have to go to virtual teaching. In this case, the updated version of the program and the new evaluation system will be posted in the Egela virtual classroom
Extraordinary call: orientations and renunciation
Work in class and exercisesEssay and exercises in class
This evaluation system is designed for face-to-face teaching and will be adapted in the event that we enter a new state of health emergency and have to go to virtual teaching. In this case, the updated version of the program and the new evaluation system will be posted in the Egela virtual classroom
Temary
1. Topic. Theories of syntactic change. Overview of syntactic change from the perspective of various schools of thought.2. Topic. Contact-induced syntactic change. Recent advances concerning the relationship between language contact and syntactic change.
3. Topic. Grammaticalization and related phenomena in language contact settings: calquing, contact-induced grammaticalization, replica grammaticalization, matter borrowing and pattern borrowing.
Bibliography
Basic bibliography
Campbell, Lyle. 2021. Historical linguistics: an introduction. Cambridge: MIT Press.Harris, Alice C. & Lyle Campbell. 1995. Historical syntax in cross-linguistic perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hock, Hans Heinrich. 2021. Principles of historical linguistics (3. edición). Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
Joseph, Brian & Richard D. Janda (eds.). 2003. Handbook of historical linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell.
Thomason, Sarah G. 2001. Language contact. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
In-depth bibliography
Boye, Kasper & Peter Harder. 2012. A usage-based theory of grammatical status and grammaticalization. Language 88(1). 1–44.Boye, Kasper. 2023. Grammaticalization as conventionalization of discursively secondary status: deconstructing the lexical-grammatical continuum. Transactions of the Philological Society 121(2). 270–292.
Bruyn, Adrienne. 2009. Grammaticalization in creoles: ordinary and not-so-ordinary cases. Studies in Language 33(2). 312–337.
Diewald, Gabriele. 2010. On some problem areas in grammaticalization studies. In Katerina Stathi, Elke Gehweiler & Ekkehard König (eds.), Grammaticalization: current views and issues, 17–50. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Gildea, Spike & Jóhanna Barðdal. 2023. From grammaticalization to Diachronic Construction Grammar: a natural evolution of the paradigm. Studies in Language 47(4). 743–788.
Heine, Bernd & Tania Kuteva. 2003. On contact induced grammaticalization. Studies in Language 27(3). 529–572.
Matras, Yaron & Jeanette Sakel. 2007. Investigating the mechanisms of pattern replication in language convergence. Studies in Language 31(4). 829–865.
Ziegeler, Debra & Sarah Lee. 2019. Lexical retention in contact grammaticalisation: already in Southeast Asian Englishes. Journal of Language Contact 12(3). 737–783.
Journals
DiachronicaJournal of Historical Linguistics
Historische Sprachforschung
Folia linguistica (Historica)
Links
Rara & Universals Archive (Universität Konstanz): https://typo.uni-konstanz.de/rara/archive-overview/Grambank: https://grambank.clld.org/