{"product_id":"grammatical-reconstruction-9783110777130","title":"Grammatical Reconstruction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Don Daniels","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48262616908027,"sku":"9783110777130","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e48a6ace-ad9b-43b3-8587-ff331bf08ae4.jpg?v=1774474108","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/grammatical-reconstruction-9783110777130","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}