Diachronica |
International Journal for Historical Linguistics
Diachronica provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of information concerning all aspects of language change in any and all languages of the globe. Contributions which combine theoretical interest and philological acumen are especially welcome.
Diachronica appears four times per year, publishing articles, review articles, book reviews, and a miscellanea section including notes, reports and discussions.
Diachronica publishes its articles Online First.
Sample issue: DIA 34:1
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Executive Editor
Claire Bowern
| Yale UniversityProduction Editor
Angela Terrill
| Punctilious Editing Sweden
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Matthew L. Juge
| Texas State University
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Sheila Embleton
| York University
Elly van Gelderen
| Arizona State University
Brian D. Joseph
| Ohio State University
Danny Law
| University of Texas
Joseph C. Salmons
| University of Wisconsin – MadisonFounding Editor
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| Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| Auckland, New Zealand
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| Tübingen, Germany
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| Ann Arbor, Michigan
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| Honolulu, Hawai'i
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| Potsdam, Germany
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| Leuven, Belgium
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| Austin, Texas
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| Buffalo, N.Y.
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| UCLA
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| Amherst, Massachusetts
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| Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| Paris, France
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| Uppsala, Sweden
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Online-first articlesVolume 38 (2021)
Volume 37 (2020)
Volume 36 (2019)
Volume 35 (2018)
Volume 34 (2017)
Volume 33 (2016)
Volume 32 (2015)
Volume 31 (2014)
Volume 30 (2013)
Volume 29 (2012)
Volume 28 (2011)
Volume 27 (2010)
Volume 26 (2009)
Volume 25 (2008)
Volume 24 (2007)
Volume 23 (2006)
Volume 22 (2005)
Volume 21 (2004)
Volume 20 (2003)
Volume 19 (2002)
Volume 18 (2001)
Volume 17 (2000)
Volume 16 (1999)
Volume 15 (1998)
Volume 14 (1997)
Volume 13 (1996)
Volume 12 (1995)
Volume 11 (1994)
Volume 10 (1993)
Volume 9 (1992)
Volume 8 (1991)
Volume 7 (1990)
Volume 6 (1989)
Volume 5 (1988)
Volume 4 (1987)
Volume 3 (1986)
Volume 2 (1985)
Volume 1 (1984)
Latest articles
15 March 2021
Loanwords vs relics
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A new method in lexical borrowing studies exemplified by Yiddish-Slavic language contact
Ewa Geller
&
Michał Gajek
24 February 2021
Phonological change and interdialectal differences between Egyptian and Coptic: ḏ, ṯ → c = ϫ versus ḏ, ṯ → t = ⲧ
Marwan Kilani
2 February 2021
Phylogenetic signal in phonotactics
Jayden L. Macklin-Cordes
,
Claire Bowern
&
Erich R. Round
1 February 2021
The Tupí-Guaraní language family
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A phylogenetic classification
Fabrício Ferraz Gerardi
&
Stanislav Reichert
An information structure scenario for V2 loss in Medieval French
Pierre Larrivée
The word order of negation in the history of Basque
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A linguistic and sociolinguistic approach
Iker Salaberri
5 January 2021
The evolution of consonant mutation and noun class marking in Wolof
John T. M. Merrill
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DIA 38:1 (2021) p. 64
21 December 2020
Phylogenies based on lexical innovations refute the Rung hypothesis
Guillaume Jacques
&
Thomas Pellard
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DIA 38:1 (2021) pp. 1–24
10 December 2020
Claire’s Corner
Claire Bowern
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DIA 37:4 (2020) pp. 447–450
4 December 2020
On the nature of inverse systems
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The rise of inverse marking via antipassive constructions
Linda Konnerth
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DIA 38:1 (2021) pp. 25–63
The loss of inflection as grammar complication
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Evidence from Mainland Scandinavian
Helen Sims-Williams
&
Hans-Olav Enger
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DIA 38:1 (2021) pp. 111–150
27 October 2020
Interrogatives as relativization markers in Indo-European
Sandra Auderset
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DIA 37:4 (2020) pp. 474–513
7 September 2020
Verbal borrowability and turnover rates
Timofey Arkhangelskiy
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DIA 37:4 (2020) pp. 451–473
5 August 2020
On the polymorphemic genesis of some Proto-Quechuan roots
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Establishing and interpreting non-random form/meaning correspondences on the basis of a cross-linguistic polysemy network
Nicholas Q. Emlen
&
Johannes Dellert
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DIA 37:3 (2020) pp. 318–367
3 August 2020
A long birth
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The development of gender-specific paucal constructions in Russian
Tore Nesset
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DIA 37:4 (2020) pp. 514–539
The distribution, reconstruction and varied fates of topographical deixis in Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibetan)
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Implications for the reconstruction of an early Trans-Himalayan environment
Mark W. Post
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DIA 37:3 (2020) pp. 368–409
15 July 2020
Language sources and the reconstruction of early languages
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Sociolinguistic discrepancies and evolution in Old French grammar
Brigitte L. M. Bauer
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DIA 37:3 (2020) pp. 273–317
Palenquero origins
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A tale of more than two languages
Mikael Parkvall
&
Bart Jacobs
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DIA 37:4 (2020) pp. 540–576
Phylogenetic linguistic evidence and the Dene-Yeniseian homeland
Igor Yanovich
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DIA 37:3 (2020) pp. 410–446
3 July 2020
r-Epenthesis and the bigrade alternation
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The role of phonological distance in the regularization of Japanese verbal inflection
Brent de Chene
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DIA 37:2 (2020) pp. 178–214
25 May 2020
The diachrony of participles in the (pre)history of Greek and Hittite
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Losing and gaining functional structure
Laura Grestenberger
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DIA 37:2 (2020) pp. 215–263
Agnete Nesse
(ed). 2018. Norsk Språkhistorie IV: Tidslinjer
Reviewed by John D. Sundquist
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DIA 37:2 (2020) pp. 264–271
10 April 2020
Anti-scope prefix order and zero-marked obliques
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Unusual outcomes of a grammaticalization pathway
Brett Baker
&
Mark Harvey
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DIA 37:2 (2020) pp. 133–177
7 April 2020
Grammaticalization without Feature Economy
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Evidence from the Voice Cycle in Hungarian
Tamás Halm
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DIA 37:1 (2020) pp. 1–42
A study of the development of the Chinese correlative comparative construction from the perspective of
constructionalization
Fangqiong Zhan
&
Elizabeth Closs Traugott
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DIA 37:1 (2020) p. 83
19 March 2020
Perfective marking conditioned by transitivity status in Western Mande
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Constructional competition, specialization and merger
Dmitry Idiatov
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DIA 37:1 (2020) pp. 43–82
10 February 2020
Walter Bisang
& Andrej Malchukov
. 2019. Unity and diversity in grammaticalization scenarios
Reviewed by Martin Hilpert
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DIA 37:1 (2020) pp. 127–132
18 December 2019
Argument structure, conceptual metaphor and semantic change
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How to succeed in Indo-European without really trying
Cynthia A. Johnson
,
Peter Alexander Kerkhof
,
Leonid Kulikov
,
Esther Le Mair
&
Jóhanna Barðdal
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DIA 36:4 (2019) pp. 463–508
Rebracketing (Gliederungsverschiebung) and the Early Merge Principle
Helmut Weiß
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DIA 36:4 (2019) pp. 509–545
The role of frequency of use in lexical change
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Evidence from Latin and Greek
Fiona M. Wilson
,
Panayiotis A. Pappas
&
Arne O. Mooers
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DIA 36:4 (2019) pp. 584–612
The role of negation in the grammaticalization of ability verbs
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The case of Iquito
Brianna Wilson
&
Cynthia Hansen
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DIA 36:4 (2019) pp. 546–583
Editorial
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Claire’s Corner
DIA 36:4 (2019) pp. 461–462
Submission
Submitting to Diachronica
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Subjects
Linguistics
Main BIC Subject
CFF: Historical & comparative linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009010: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative