Parameters of Morphosyntactic Change (Paperback)

Ans van Kemenade

ISBN 10: 0521586437 / ISBN 13: 9780521586436

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997

Paperback. The relationship between changes in (inflectional) morphology and the consequences of these changes in syntax has been a perennial issue in historical linguistics. The contributors to this volume address the issue of how to model the phenomena of syntactic and morphological change within recent frameworks, in particular the Minimalist Program. A special concern is the way different criteria for the selection of argument structure - especially aspect and mood - interact over time with various types of argument marking: case, word order, clitics, agreement. The volume contains papers by many of the leading scholars in the field. There is a substantial introduction which reviews the development of ideas in generative historical syntax over the last fifteen years, and assesses the distinctive properties of the generative position. This volume of essays addresses the issues of syntactic and morphological change. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780521586436

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This 1997 volume of essays addresses the issues of syntactic and morphological change.

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Titel: Parameters of Morphosyntactic Change (...
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Paperback
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