Bridget Drinka
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 184962 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Bridget Drinka |
| PRENOMES | Bridget |
| SOBRENOME | Drinka |
| ASSINATURA | DRINKA B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0068-7618 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1993 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Diachrony and Diachronica
Perfecting the notion of Sprachbund
In response to recent skepticism concerning the relevance of the concept of the Sprachbund, this paper argues that there is value in preserving the notion, but only with substantial updating. What is proposed here is a more dynamic, three-dimensional depiction of the linguistic area, as embodied in the concept of a “Stratified Convergence Zone.” In order to assess the usefulness of this redefined notion of the Sprachbund, the paper examines evide…
Language Contact in Europe
This comprehensive new work provides extensive evidence for the essential role of language contact as a primary trigger for change. Unique in breadth, it traces the spread of the periphrastic perfect across Europe over the last 2,500 years, illustrating at each stage the micro-responses of speakers and communities to macro-historical pressures. Among the key forces claimed to be responsible for normative innovations in both eastern and western Eu…
Sources of auxiliation in the perfects of Europe
This paper explores the complex role of language contact in the development of be and have auxiliation in the periphrastic perfects of Europe. Beginning with the influence of Ancient Greek on Latin, it traces the spread of the category across western Europe and identifies the Carolingian scribal tradition as largely responsible for extending the use of the be perfect alongside the have perfect across Charlemagne’s realm. Outside that territory, b…
Phylogenetic and areal models of Indo-European relatedness
The Indo-European family has traditionally been viewed as a textbook example of genetically related languages, easily fit onto a family tree model. What is less often recognized, however, is that IE also provides considerable evidence for the operation of contact among these related languages, discernable in the layers of innovation that certain varieties share. In this paper, I claim that the family tree model as it is usually depicted, discrete…
The sacral stamp of Greek
Among the sociolinguistc forces at work in the languages of the world, religious affiliation and the accompanying reverence for the symbols of that affiliation must rank among the most powerful. Religious texts serve as repositories of cultural tradition and become, for their followers, reliquaries of the very word of God. Besides the conservatizing, archaizing pressures which often grow up within a religious tradition, these texts also act as co…
The *-to-/-no- construction of Indo-European
In memoriam
The Syntax of Early English
The Syntax of Early English Olga Fischer. Ans van Kemenade, Willem Koopman, and Wim van der Wurff. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 xviii. 341 pp
The formation of periphrastic perfects and passives in Europe
Areal factors in the development of the European periphrastic perfect
Three essential elements in the development of the European periphrastic perfect are explored, each of which demonstrates the important role played by areal diffusion. First, an east-west split in auxiliary usage is examined: HAVE developed as an auxiliary only in the west, while BE remains predominant in the east; convergence along linguistic borders is examined in some detail. Secondly, an explanation for this western predominance of HAVE is pr…
The Sigmatic Aorist in Indo-European
The dispersion of Indo-European dialects
One of the techniques used by Gamkrelidze and Ivanov to trace the path of dispersion of the Indo-european dialects is to arrange the morphological data in chronological layers. A number of important if somewhat controversial conclusions are drawn from this stratification. Each of these assumptions: the homeland in Anatolia, the early binary division of dialects, and the elaborate pattern of migration, present some difficulty. This paper examines …
Areal factors in the development of the European periphrastic perfect
Three essential elements in the development of the European periphrastic perfect are explored, each of which demonstrates the important role played by areal diffusion. First, an east-west split in auxiliary usage is examined: HAVE developed as an auxiliary only in the west, while BE remains predominant in the east; convergence along linguistic borders is examined in some detail. Secondly, an explanation for this western predominance of HAVE is pr…
The dispersion of Indo-European dialects
One of the techniques used by Gamkrelidze and Ivanov to trace the path of dispersion of the Indo-european dialects is to arrange the morphological data in chronological layers. A number of important if somewhat controversial conclusions are drawn from this stratification. Each of these assumptions: the homeland in Anatolia, the early binary division of dialects, and the elaborate pattern of migration, present some difficulty. This paper examines …
The Sigmatic Aorist in Indo-European
The formation of periphrastic perfects and passives in Europe
Areal factors in the development of the European periphrastic perfect
Three essential elements in the development of the European periphrastic perfect are explored, each of which demonstrates the important role played by areal diffusion. First, an east-west split in auxiliary usage is examined: HAVE developed as an auxiliary only in the west, while BE remains predominant in the east; convergence along linguistic borders is examined in some detail. Secondly, an explanation for this western predominance of HAVE is pr…
The Syntax of Early English
The Syntax of Early English Olga Fischer. Ans van Kemenade, Willem Koopman, and Wim van der Wurff. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 xviii. 341 pp
In memoriam
The *-to-/-no- construction of Indo-European
The sacral stamp of Greek
Among the sociolinguistc forces at work in the languages of the world, religious affiliation and the accompanying reverence for the symbols of that affiliation must rank among the most powerful. Religious texts serve as repositories of cultural tradition and become, for their followers, reliquaries of the very word of God. Besides the conservatizing, archaizing pressures which often grow up within a religious tradition, these texts also act as co…
Sources of auxiliation in the perfects of Europe
This paper explores the complex role of language contact in the development of be and have auxiliation in the periphrastic perfects of Europe. Beginning with the influence of Ancient Greek on Latin, it traces the spread of the category across western Europe and identifies the Carolingian scribal tradition as largely responsible for extending the use of the be perfect alongside the have perfect across Charlemagne’s realm. Outside that territory, b…
Phylogenetic and areal models of Indo-European relatedness
The Indo-European family has traditionally been viewed as a textbook example of genetically related languages, easily fit onto a family tree model. What is less often recognized, however, is that IE also provides considerable evidence for the operation of contact among these related languages, discernable in the layers of innovation that certain varieties share. In this paper, I claim that the family tree model as it is usually depicted, discrete…
Language Contact in Europe
This comprehensive new work provides extensive evidence for the essential role of language contact as a primary trigger for change. Unique in breadth, it traces the spread of the periphrastic perfect across Europe over the last 2,500 years, illustrating at each stage the micro-responses of speakers and communities to macro-historical pressures. Among the key forces claimed to be responsible for normative innovations in both eastern and western Eu…
Perfecting the notion of Sprachbund
In response to recent skepticism concerning the relevance of the concept of the Sprachbund, this paper argues that there is value in preserving the notion, but only with substantial updating. What is proposed here is a more dynamic, three-dimensional depiction of the linguistic area, as embodied in the concept of a “Stratified Convergence Zone.” In order to assess the usefulness of this redefined notion of the Sprachbund, the paper examines evide…
Diachrony and Diachronica
Philosophy (11 obras) · Linguistics (10 obras) · History (9 obras) · Linguistics and language evolution (9 obras) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · Epistemology (3 obras) · Geography (3 obras) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (3 obras)