Diachronic syntax : models and mechanisms

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Diachronic syntax : models and mechanisms

edited by Susan Pintzuk, George Tsoulas, and Anthony Warner

Oxford University Press, 2000

  • : pbk

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Oxford Linguistics

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-376) and index

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ISBN 9780198250265

内容説明

Historical syntax occupies a pivotal position within the larger field of research into the nature, use, and acquisition of language. It is responsive to theoretical advances in linguistic theory, language acquisition, and theories of language use, as well as to less adjacent fields such as statistical techniques and evolutionary biology. Linguistic theory has undergone deep changes since the early 1990s, given the widespread impact of Chomsky's Minimalist Programme, Kayne's Antisymmetry Theory, and Kayne's Theory of Overt Movement. This work has brought into sharper focus questions concerning the architecture of linguistic theory that have a direct impact on our understanding of the process of change. At the same time, the recently developed framework of Optimality Theory, which has had a major influence in phonology, is beginning to provide new insights and raise new questions as it is applied to syntax and historical change. This collection of new writing by largely generative-based syntacticians advances this work. This book contains selected material from the Fifth Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference (DIGS 5) held in 1998. The chapters have been chosen to reflect developments in the study of language change and variation, and to exemplify work in a wide range of languages, including Germanic, Romance, Celtic, Slavic, and Sinitic. The book is divided into parts dealing with theoretical frameworks, comparative change, features and categories, and movement. A substantial opening chapter by the editors provides a critical overview of the subject and introduces the following chapters.

目次

  • 1. Syntactic Change: Theory and Method
  • PART I: FRAMEWORKS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGE
  • 2. Competition and Correspondence in Syntactic Change: Null Arguments in Latin and Romance
  • 3. Jespersen's Cycle Revisited: Formal Properties of Grammaticalization
  • 4. Evolutionary Perspectives on Diachronic Syntax
  • PART II: THE COMPARATIVE BASIS OF DIACHRONIC SYNTAX
  • 5. Adjuncts and the Syntax of Subjects in Old and Middle English
  • 6. Verb-Object Order in Early Middle English
  • 7. Null Subjects in Middle English Existentials
  • PART III: MECHANISMS OF SYNTACTIC CHANGE
  • 8. Polarity Items in Romance: Underspecification and Lexical Change
  • 9. Relabelling
  • 10. The Value of Definite Determiners from Old Spanish to Modern Spanish
  • 11. From OV to VO in Swedish
  • 12. The Evolution of Do-Support in English Imperatives
  • 13. Interacting Movements in the History of Icelandic
  • 14. Verb Movement in Slavonic Conditionals
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780198250272

内容説明

This collection of new writing on grammatical change advances research in the field and shows its breadth and liveliness. The study of how and why syntax changes occupies a pivotal position in research into the nature, use, and acquisition of language. It is responsive to theoretical advances in linguistic theory, language acquisition, and theories of language use as well as to less adjacent fields such as statistical techniques and evolutionary biology. Chomsky's Minimalist Programme and Kayne's theories of antisymmetry and overt movement have brought into sharper focus questions concerning the architecture of linguistic theory, and this has had a direct impact on the understanding of the processes of change. Optimality Theory has also begun to raise new questions as it is applied to syntax and historical change. The sociolinguistic causes and consequences of syntactic change have also become newly prominent. These are among the many issues and themes discussed and explored by the authors. The book's fourteen chapters exemplify work in a wide range of languages, including Germanic (Icelandic and Swedish, as well as Old and Middle English); Romance (Latin, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish); Slavonic; and Chinese. A substantial introduction provides a critical synthesis of the field and sets the following chapters in context. The book is then divided into parts dealing with theoretical frameworks, comparative change, features and categories, and movement. The single collated bibliography to the entire volume is a valuable research tool in itself. Diachronic Syntax is innovative in both theory and method and makes a substantial contribution to its subject. It will be of interest to all those concerned to understand and explain the internal dynamics of language.

目次

  • 1. Syntactic Change: Theory and Method
  • PART I: FRAMEWORKS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF CHANGE
  • 2. Competition and Correspondence in Syntactic Change: Null Arguments in Latin and Romance
  • 3. Jespersen's Cycle Revisited: Formal Properties of Grammaticalization
  • 4. Evolutionary Perspectives on Diachronic Syntax
  • PART II: THE COMPARATIVE BASIS OF DIACHRONIC SYNTAX
  • 5. Adjuncts and the Syntax of Subjects in Old and Middle English
  • 6. Verb-Object Order in Early Middle English
  • 7. Null Subjects in Middle English Existentials
  • PART III: MECHANISMS OF SYNTACTIC CHANGE
  • 8. Polarity Items in Romance: Underspecification and Lexical Change
  • 9. Relabelling
  • 10. The Value of Definite Determiners from Old Spanish to Modern Spanish
  • 11. From OV to VO in Swedish
  • 12. The Evolution of Do-Support in English Imperatives
  • 13. Interacting Movements in the History of Icelandic
  • 14. Verb Movement in Slavonic Conditionals

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