| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 417 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Notes on Contributors; Foreword; 1 Change, relatedness, and inertia in historical syntax; Part I: Theoretical issues in historical syntax; Part II: External and internal sources of morphosyntactic change; Part III: Parameter resetting and reanalysis; References; Index |
| Summary |
This book of new work by leading international scholars considers developments in the study of diachronic linguistics and linguistic theory, including those concerned with the very definition of language change in the biolinguistic framework, parametric change in a minimalist conception of grammar, the tension between the observed gradual nature of language change and the binary nature of parameters, and whether syntactic change can be triggered internally or requires the externalstimuli produced by phonological or morphological change or through language contact. It then tests their value and |
| Analysis |
Syntax |
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Linguistic theory |
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Diachronic generative syntax |
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DiGS |
| Notes |
"The articles contained in this volume were all presented, with the exception of Chapter 1, at the 9th DiGS conference held at the University of Trieste in June 2006"--Foreword |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax -- Congresses
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Historical linguistics -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Historical linguistics
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Crisma, Paola.
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Longobardi, Giuseppe
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| ISBN |
9780191567988 |
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0191567981 |
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0199560544 |
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9780199560547 |
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