Syntactic Change
Syntactic Change
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The phenomenon of grammaticalization--the historical process whereby new grammatical material is created--has attracted a great deal of attention within linguistics in recent years. This book shows how this approach leads to a number of important conceptual and theoretical issues concerning the nature of functional categories and the form of parameters, as well as the relation of both of these to language change.
- First formal treatment of grammaticalisation
- First book-length study of diachronic syntax using minimalism
- Relates language to linguistic theory and language acquisition
Reviews & endorsements
"a welcome and unique contribution to the vast body of research on grammaticalization. It offers a perspective different from the more functionalist or cognitivist perspective one usually finds ... and it is well-organized, well-written, and well-argued. This work is a must-read for anyone seriously interested in the nature of syntactic change."
IJGLSA
Product details
- Published: September 2003
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780521790567
- Length: 288 pages
- Dimensions: 236 × 160 × 24 mm
- Weight: 0.613kg
- Contains: 5 b/w illus.
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Parameters, functional heads and language change
- 2. T elements
- 3. C elements
- 4. D elements
- 5. Theoretical consequences
- References
- Index of languages
- Index of names
- Index of subjects.
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