Grammaticalization and the Rise of Configurationality in Indo-Aryan

Uta Reinöhl studied General Linguistics, Philosophy, and English Literature at University College Dublin and at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. She has been affiliated with the University of Cologne since 2010, and has been Assistant Professor in the Department of General Linguistics there since 2013. She wrote her dissertation on the rise of configurationality in Indo-Aryan, for which she received the Wilhelm von Humboldt Award 2015 of the German Linguistic Society as well as an award from the German National Academic Foundation.

• Series preface ; Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Grammaticalization and configurationality ; 3. The diverse origins of the Hindi simple postpositions ; 4. Local particles: The unique source of adpositions and configurationality in Indo-European? ; 5. The components of the source constructions ; 6. The origin of the postpositional syntagm ; 7. From group to phrase ; 8. Paradigmatization: A process sui generis? ; 9. Conclusion ; Appendix: Attested examples of madhye/upari ; References ; Index

Well organized, clearly and engagingly written, and offers a fine blend of theoretical relevance and close textual analysis [Reinöhls] arguments are thought provoking and well presented, and definitely demand close consideration by scholars of Indo -- Aryan and anyone interested in grammaticalization and Indo -- European diachronic syntax.