Guy Deutscher
Biographic Data
| ID | 715025 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guy Deutscher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guy |
| FAMILY NAME | Deutscher |
| SIGNATURE | DEUTSCHER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. John's College of Nursing |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
New superconductors: From granular to high Tc
The Akkadian Relative Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Article The Akkadian Relative Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective was published on January 1, 2002 in the journal Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie (volume 92, issue 1)
On the misuse of the notion of ‘abduction’ in linguistics
‘Abduction’, a concept from the philosophy of Charles Peirce, has become extremely popular in linguistics in the last three decades. This article argues that the interpretation of abduction in (historical) linguistics is based on a critical misunderstanding: it relies on an aborted model, which was rejected by Peirce himself, and it conflates two incompatible frameworks (Peirce's early and late ideas), to create a picture that is entirely incoher…
Sentential Complementation in Akkadian
The issue of syntax, including diachronic syntax, is considerably more complex than the description of morphological or phonological systems. Large parts of the syntax of various Semitic languages in general and of Akkadian in particular need to be examined and described. G. Deutscher's Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation is a serious attempt to give Akkadian a profound examination in an exemplary domain of t…
The rise and fall of a rogue relative construction
In the earliest attested stage of the Akkadian language, relative clauses were introduced by a pronoun which agreed in case with the head noun in the main clause, rather than with the relativized NP in the relative clause. Such a system is extremely rare across languages, is demonstrably dysfunctional, and has been termed ‘inherently disfavoured’. This article attempts to explain how Akkadian acquired this rogue relative construction, and how the…
On the Mechanisms of Morphological Chance
Les mecanismes du changement morphologique sont nombreux et posent des problemes pour les etudiants en linguistique qui utilisent les concepts de facon erronee. L'A. se propose, dans un but didactique, de reduire ici le domaine d'etude des changements morphologiques a trois mecanismes de base (sur le modele de Harris et Campbell pour le changement syntaxique) : reanalyse (e.g. reanalyse de morphemes, hyper-correction, meta-analyse), extension (e.…
Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation
Akkadian is one of the earliest attested languages and the oldest recorded Semitic language. It exists in written record between 2500BC and 500BC, much of it in letters and reports concerned with domestic and business matters, and written in colloquial language. It provides a unique and valuable source for the study of linguistic change but which, perhaps because of the impenetrability of its writing system, has rarely been exploited by linguists…
On the misuse of the notion of ‘abduction’ in linguistics
‘Abduction’, a concept from the philosophy of Charles Peirce, has become extremely popular in linguistics in the last three decades. This article argues that the interpretation of abduction in (historical) linguistics is based on a critical misunderstanding: it relies on an aborted model, which was rejected by Peirce himself, and it conflates two incompatible frameworks (Peirce's early and late ideas), to create a picture that is entirely incoher…
Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation
Akkadian is one of the earliest attested languages and the oldest recorded Semitic language. It exists in written record between 2500BC and 500BC, much of it in letters and reports concerned with domestic and business matters, and written in colloquial language. It provides a unique and valuable source for the study of linguistic change but which, perhaps because of the impenetrability of its writing system, has rarely been exploited by linguists…
The rise and fall of a rogue relative construction
In the earliest attested stage of the Akkadian language, relative clauses were introduced by a pronoun which agreed in case with the head noun in the main clause, rather than with the relativized NP in the relative clause. Such a system is extremely rare across languages, is demonstrably dysfunctional, and has been termed ‘inherently disfavoured’. This article attempts to explain how Akkadian acquired this rogue relative construction, and how the…
On the Mechanisms of Morphological Chance
Les mecanismes du changement morphologique sont nombreux et posent des problemes pour les etudiants en linguistique qui utilisent les concepts de facon erronee. L'A. se propose, dans un but didactique, de reduire ici le domaine d'etude des changements morphologiques a trois mecanismes de base (sur le modele de Harris et Campbell pour le changement syntaxique) : reanalyse (e.g. reanalyse de morphemes, hyper-correction, meta-analyse), extension (e.…
The Akkadian Relative Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Article The Akkadian Relative Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective was published on January 1, 2002 in the journal Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie (volume 92, issue 1)
On the misuse of the notion of ‘abduction’ in linguistics
‘Abduction’, a concept from the philosophy of Charles Peirce, has become extremely popular in linguistics in the last three decades. This article argues that the interpretation of abduction in (historical) linguistics is based on a critical misunderstanding: it relies on an aborted model, which was rejected by Peirce himself, and it conflates two incompatible frameworks (Peirce's early and late ideas), to create a picture that is entirely incoher…
Sentential Complementation in Akkadian
The issue of syntax, including diachronic syntax, is considerably more complex than the description of morphological or phonological systems. Large parts of the syntax of various Semitic languages in general and of Akkadian in particular need to be examined and described. G. Deutscher's Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation is a serious attempt to give Akkadian a profound examination in an exemplary domain of t…
New superconductors: From granular to high Tc
Linguistics (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · History (5 works) · Akkadian (4 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (3 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (2 works) · Relative clause (2 works)