{"product_id":"grammatical-reconstruction","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":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57334821978456,"sku":"9783110777130","price":28.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783110777130_57ff15c6-b140-4403-8b60-b95db9e970ae.jpg?v=1779520566","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/grammatical-reconstruction","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}