Principles of Diachronic Syntax

Lightfoot, David W.

ISBN 10: 0521293502 / ISBN 13: 9780521293501

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Etc., 1979

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x, 429p., original stiff printed wrappers (Cambridge studies in linguistics, 23). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 049045

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Titel: Principles of Diachronic Syntax

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Etc.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1979

Einband: Softcover

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Inhaltsangabe:

The study of syntactic change has been much neglected in the past. Historical linguists have tended to concentrate on phonology, lexis and morphology whilst most theoretical studies of syntax have been deliberately synchronic in intention.

Reseña del editor:

The study of syntactic change has been much neglected in the past. Historical linguists have tended to concentrate on phonology, lexis and morphology whilst most theoretical studies of syntax have been deliberately synchronic in intention. In particular, theories of generative grammar have not been responsive to diachronic data and a fortiori have not yielded a convincing account of language change or of the interrelationships between different kinds of change. This study will be of interest to a wide range of linguists. It offers one of the first systematic accounts of a difficult and important topic, with implications for the whole field of linguistics and language study.