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- 16:36, 29 October 2007 diff hist +111 N User:Corinna Handschuh New page: '''Corinna Handschuh''' Department of Linguistics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig current
- 15:43, 29 October 2007 diff hist +2,532 N Morphologization New page: '''Morphologization''' is the process by which linguistic structures which previously belonged to a different domain of grammar become part of the morphological system of a language. In m...
- 15:42, 29 October 2007 diff hist +1,231 N Syntacticization New page: '''Syntactization''' is the process by which pragmatic principles are turned into grammatical/syntactic structures. Givón (1979: 208) distinguishes between the following four types of sy...
- 15:40, 29 October 2007 diff hist +813 N Cryptanalysis New page: In '''cryptanalysis''', a meaning which is already encoded in a form/construction is encoded again, because the original encoding of the meaning is opaque for the listener and/or speaker. ...
- 15:40, 29 October 2007 diff hist +720 N Hypoanalysis New page: '''Hypoanalysis''' is a mechanism through which a linguistic unit gains new meaning or function. It takes place in a situation where the hearers interpret some meaning or function which is...
- 15:39, 29 October 2007 diff hist +694 N Hyperanalysis New page: Through '''hyperanalysis''', a linguistic unit loses a part or all of its meaning or function. This process takes place in a situation where the hearers interpret some inherent semanti...
- 15:38, 29 October 2007 diff hist +1,968 N Grammatikalisierungskanal New page: Ein '''Grammatikalisierungskanal''' beschreibt den abstrakten Weg, den eine Form/Konstruktion beim Wandel von Lexem (Inhaltswort) zu Grammem (Funktionswort/Funktionsaffix), im Zuge...
- 15:36, 29 October 2007 diff hist +1,020 N Resumptive pronoun New page: A '''resumptive pronoun''' is a pronoun that refers back to a previously realized item within the same syntactic structure. Resumptive pronouns are often found in relative clauses, wh...
- 15:34, 29 October 2007 diff hist +1,642 N Metanalysis New page: '''Metanalysis''' is the reinterpretation of the relation between form and function within an utterance. This is the case when the meaning which was originally associated with a specif...
- 15:33, 29 October 2007 diff hist +1,619 N Impersonal construction New page: An '''impersonal construction''' is a clausal construction in which no subject is realized. ===Examples=== The following examples are impersonal constructions from German: {| |...
- 15:31, 29 October 2007 diff hist +1,589 N Grammaticalization path New page: A '''grammaticalization path''' is the pathway a form or construction takes during grammaticalization. The change from a lexical item to a grammatical form does not take place in o...
- 15:29, 29 October 2007 diff hist +1,423 N Cognate New page: A '''cognate''' is a form in a language which corresponds to a form in another language (or a different variety of the same language, or even to a different form within the same language/v...
- 15:28, 29 October 2007 diff hist +4,528 N Typological consistency New page: The theory of '''typological consistency''' states that languages can be classified as belonging to a certain type to which they ideally conform in all domains of their morpho-syntax. Ty...
- 15:26, 29 October 2007 diff hist +2,878 N Radical reanalysis New page: '''Radical reanalysis''' is the reinterpretation of a linguistic unit as belonging to a new grammatical category not present in the respective grammar before. A radical reanal...
- 15:25, 29 October 2007 diff hist +1,291 N Normal transmission New page: '''Normal transmission''' is the non-interrupted transmission of a language from one generation of speakers to the next one. In normal transmission the language is passed on to the child g...
