Principles of Diachronic Syntax

Lightfoot, David W

ISBN 10: 0521220823 / ISBN 13: 9780521220828

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1979

Beschreibung

Ink text marks on 4 pages; light wear to jacket; inscribed by author; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; 432 pages; Signed by Author.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 47212

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Principles of Diachronic Syntax
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1979
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521220823
• ISBN-13: 9780521220828
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good
• Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers

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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.