Comparing Linguistic Diachronies

Nikolaos Lavidas is Associate Professor of Diachronic Linguistics at the University of Athens, Greece.Alexander Bergs is Full Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Osnabrück, Germany.Elly van Gelderen is Regents’ Professor Emeritus in English, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State University, USA.Ioanna Sitaridou is Professor of Spanish and Historical Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, UK.

• List of FiguresList of TablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgements1. Introduction, Nikolaos Lavidas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), Alexander Bergs (Osnabrück University, Germany), Elly van Gelderen (Arizona State University, USA) and Ioanna Sitaridou (University of Cambridge, UK)Part I: Comparing the Diachronies of Grammar2. Negative ‘Might’ and ‘Easy’ Shifts in Hebrew, Bar Avineri (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)3. The Verbs of Grief and Fear in the Ancient Greek Tragedy Plays and Oratory Speeches, Anastasia Tsiropina (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)Part II: Comparing Diachronies and Different Settings of Language Contact 4. Code Switching in English Merchants’ Writings: The Johnson Correspondence, Carmela Perta (Università degli Studi ‘G. d’Annunzio’ Chieti ­­- Pescara, Italy)5. At the Morphological-Syntactic Crossroads: Unveiling the Forces Shaping Neuter Assignment in Heptanesian Borrowing from Italo-Romance, Vassiliki Makri (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)6. The Influence of Greek on the Gothic Verbal Morpho-Syntax: Comparing Cross-Linguistic Evidence on Written Contact in the Pauline Epistles to the Corinthians, Sofia Chionidi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)Index

This book is a great testimony to the vibrant and inspirational Naxos summer school workshops. Using established methodologies but also testing new approaches to diachronic linguistics, the chapters showcase lesser-studied linguistic varieties and periods. From Goths to Greeks, the book will be of interest to advanced students and academics alike.