Diachronic syntax

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Diachronic syntax

Ian Roberts

（Oxford textbooks in linguistics）

Oxford University Press, 2007

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-489) and indexes

Series statement is on cover(pbk.), or on dust jacket(hbk.): "Oxford linguisics"

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780199253982

Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Comparative and Historical Syntax in the Principles and Parameters Approach
  • 2. Types of Syntactic Change
  • 3. Acquisition, Learnability, and Syntactic Change
  • 4. The Dynamics of Syntactic Change
  • 5. Contact, Creoles, and Change
  • Readings
  • Epilogue
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • References
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780199283668

Table of Contents

  • 1. Comparative and Historical Syntax in the Principles and Parameters Approach
  • 2. Types of Syntactic Change
  • 3. Acquisition, Learnability, and Syntactic Change
  • 4. The Dynamics of Syntactic Change
  • 5. Contact, Creoles, and Change
  • Readings
  • Epilogue
  • References

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