{"product_id":"9783110777130","title":"Grammatical Reconstruction : The Sogeram Languages of New Guinea (Studies in Language Change [SLC])","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 \u003cstrong\u003eDon Daniels\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA.","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48842338074859,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":58.58,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783110777130-1.jpg?v=1781719070","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9783110777130","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}