Papers On Diachronic Syntax

Author : Ian Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315310554
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diachronic and Comparative Syntax written by Ian Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together for the first time a series of previously published papers featuring Ian Roberts’ pioneering work on diachronic and comparative syntax over the last thirty years in one comprehensive volume. Divided into two parts, the volume engages in recent key topics in empirical studies of syntactic theory, with the eight papers on diachronic syntax addressing major changes in the history of English as well as broader aspects of syntactic change, including the introduction to the formal approach to grammaticalisation, and the eight papers on comparative syntax exploring head-movement, the nature and distribution of clitics, and the nature of parametric variation and change. This comprehensive collection of the author’s body of research on diachronic and comparative syntax is an essential resource for scholars and researchers in theoretical, comparative, and historical linguistics.

Author : I.G. Roberts
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940112910X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Verbs and Diachronic Syntax written by I.G. Roberts and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines several strands of my work, both individually and in collaboration with various people, over the last couple of years. To a very large extent, I have been inspired by the many talks, classes, appointments and other interactions that took place in the exciting intellectual environ ment that grew up among the linguists working in Geneva in the period 1989-90. It is impossible to mention by name everyone who influenced the devel opment of this material, but I'd particularly like to thank the students in my class 'linguistique diachronique' during that period, who had to suffer through preliminary versions of much of this book, and often seemed to understand what I was getting at better than I did. Luigi Rizzi did more than anyone else to create the unique atmosphere here in the last couple of years, and so he deserves our gratitude for that; he was also my collaborator on the synchronic work on French inversion that inspired much of this book; he also read the whole manuscript in draft form and gave detailed comments; he is also, as anyone working in current comparative syntax knows, a wellspring of knowledge, ideas and inspiration. Maria-Teresa Guasti also read the entire manuscript and gave me invaluable comments. Sten Vikner was a great help, for much more than just Danish data. Special thanks also to Adriana Belletti, Anna Cardinaletti, Liliane Haegeman and Cecilia Poletto.

Author : Ian Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199283664
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diachronic Syntax written by Ian Roberts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how the generative approach to linguistics may be used to understand how languages change. Generative diachronic syntax has developed since the inception of the principles and parameters approach to comparative syntax in the early 1980s: it has become increasingly important in historical linguistics and generative theory, acting as a bridge between them and providing insights to both. Ian Roberts relates work in historical linguistics to contemporary work on universal grammar and historical syntactic variation. He explains how standard questions in historical linguistics - including word-order change, grammaticalization, and reanalysis - can be explored in terms of current generative theory. He examines the nature of the links between syntactic change and first-language acquisition and considers the short and long-term effects of language contact. Professor Roberts provides numerous examples from a range of different languages, guides to further reading, and a comprehensive glossary. This is the ideal textbook introduction for students of syntactic change.

Author : Sanford B. Steever
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780914203056
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings written by Sanford B. Steever and published by . This book was released on 1973-04-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Björn Hansen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110531437
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diachronic Slavonic Syntax written by Björn Hansen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is dedicated to the study of the causes and mechanisms of syntactic change in Slavonic languages, including internally motivated syntactic change, syntactic change under contact conditions (structural convergence, pattern replication, shift-induced transfer etc.): It also explores metalinguistic factors such as ideologically driven selection and propagation of syntactic structures.

Author : Susan Pintzuk
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198250272
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diachronic Syntax written by Susan Pintzuk and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text reflects developing trends in linguistic research, specifically the study of syntax and its pivotal position in current theories of language acquisition.

Author : Susan Pintzuk
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198250272
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diachronic Syntax written by Susan Pintzuk and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of studies on the ways languages change structurally over time. It brings together current research, approaching language change from different formal perspectives. The contributions are contextualized in the introduction and provide a state-of-the-art account of current understanding of syntactic change from a generative perspective.

Author : Chicago Linguistic Society
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers from the Parasession on Diachronic Syntax, April 22, 1976 written by Chicago Linguistic Society and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004425608
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Austroasiatic Syntax in Areal and Diachronic Perspective written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume elevates historical morpho-syntax to a research priority in the field of Southeast Asian language history, transcending the traditional focus on phonology and lexicon. The eleven chapters reflect work by 13 leading researchers in Austroasiatic language studies.

Author : Eric Mathieu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198747845
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Micro-change and Macro-change in Diachronic Syntax written by Eric Mathieu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This volume addresses syntactic change at the macro and the micro level, and explores how these different levels of change are related. It includes numerous case studies of changes in syntactic constructions including relative clauses, verb second, and negation, in a range of languages.