The Emergence and Development of Svo Patterning in Latin and French: Diachronic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives - Couverture rigide

Bauer, Brigitte L. M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195091035 ISBN 13 : 9780195091038

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1995

Synopsis

This book analyses--in terms of branching--the pervasive reorganization of Latin syntactic and morphological structures: in the development from Latin to French, a shift can be observed from the archaic, left-branching structures (which Latin inherited from Proto-Indo-European) to modern right-branching equivalents. Brigitte Bauer presents a detailed analysis of this development based on the theoretical discussion and definition of "branching" and "head." Subsequently she relates the diachronic shift to psycholinguistic evidence, arguing that the difficuly of LB complex structures as reflected in their painstaking and delayed acquisition accounts for the extensive typological shift from left to right branching that took place in Latin/French and the other Indo-European languages. The author uses data from child language acquisition studies to support her thought-provoking claim.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"This book has a classic symmetry: a concise introduction and conclusion enfold five substantive chapters...The text is densely packed with data, quotations and discussion of relevant literature", (Journal of French Language Studies)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195091035
• ISBN 13: 9780195091038
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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