Principles of Diachronic Syntax - Rilegato

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This study offers one of the first systematic accounts of syntactic change and will be of interest to a wide range of linguists.

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Descrizione del libro

The study of syntactic change has been much neglected in the past. Historical linguists have tended to concentrate on phonology, lexis and morphology whilst most theoretical studies of syntax have been deliberately synchronic in intention.

Contenuti

Foreword; 1. Preliminaries; 2. A paradigm case: The English modals; 3. A theory of change; 4. More category changes; 5. Changes in the lexicon; 6. On cyclic transformations; 7. The causes of reanalysis; Bibliography; Citation index.

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