Space in Diachrony

Space Is A Fundamental Dimension Of Human Life And Is Pervasive In Human Experience. Research On Space Has Highlighted The Possible Asymmetrical Nature Of Spatial Relations. Differences In The Encoding Of Goals And Sources Of Motion Are A Case In Point, And Cross-linguistic Coding Tendencies Show That Path Is Less Frequently Flagged By A Dedicated Case Than Goal, Source/origin, And (static) Location (locative). Interestingly, Such Asymmetries May Correlate With Certain Types Of Landmark, As In The Case Of Toponyms Or Of Animate Entities. Even Though These Issues Have Been Focused Upon Both In Typological And Psycholinguistic Research, They Remain Largely Open. The Papers In This Collection Aim To Show That A Diachronic Approach May Shed Light On The Way In Which Asymmetries In The Space Domain Come About Over Time, Thus Contributing To The Clarification Of Synchronically Puzzling Facts. Abbreviations -- Space In Diachrony : An Introduction / Silvia Luraghi, Tatiana Nikitina & Chiara Zanchi -- The Goal-over-source Principle In European Languages : Preliminary Results From A Parallel Corpus Study / Annemarie Verkerk -- Overlaps In Spatial Encodings : Evidence From The Indo-european Translations Of The New Testament / Olga A. Thomason & Hanne M. Eckhoff -- Ablative And Allative Marking Of Static Locations : A Historical Perspective / Tatiana Nikitina -- How Should A Classical Satellite-framed Language Behave? Path Encoding Asymmetries In Ancient Greek And Latin / Claudio Lacobini, Luisa Corona, Noemi De Pasquale, & Alfonsina Buoniconto -- Differential Goal Marking Vs. Differential Source Marking In Ancient Greek / Silvia Luraghi -- New Evidence For The Source-goal Asymmetry : Ancient Greek Preverbs / Chiara Zanchi -- A Diachronic Take On The Source-goal Asymmetry : Evidence From Inner Asia Minor Greek / Thanasis Georgakopoulos & Petros Karatsareas -- Spatial Interrogatives : Typology And Dynamics (with Special Focus On The Development From Latin To Romance) / Thomas Stolz, Nataliya Levkovych & Aina Urdze -- Asymmetries Between Goal And Source Prefixes In Spanish : A Structural Account From A Diachronic Perspective / Elisabeth Gibert Sotelo -- Asymmetries In Path Encoding In Sicilian : A Diachronic Overview / Luisa Brucale & Egle Mocciaro -- Source-oriented And Goal-oriented Events In Old And Modern French / Anetta Kopecka -- Source-location Ambiguity And Incipient Decline In The Recent Evolution Of The English Directional Particle Away / Diana M. Lewis -- Prepositional Phrase Vs. Bare Instrumental : The Trajectory Of Motion In Russian / Natalia Philippova -- Index. Edited By Silvia Luraghi, Tatiana Nikitina, Chiara Zanchi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.