Principles of Diachronic Syntax

Lightfoot, David W.

ISBN 10: 0521220823 / ISBN 13: 9780521220828

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1979

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Cambridge University Press, 1979. 1st edition, 1st printing. Printed blue cloth. X + [430] pp. Price sticker inside front cover. Dust jacket has some foxing and wear to corners and ends of spine. Spine is blunted. Pages are clean, white, and unmarked: seemingly unused. ; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Vol. 23; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 440 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 26249

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Titel: Principles of Diachronic Syntax

Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsdatum: 1979

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-

Auflage: First Edition; First Printing.

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Inhaltsangabe:

This study offers one of the first systematic accounts of syntactic change and will be of interest to a wide range of linguists.

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.