Principles of Diachronic Syntax

Lightfoot, David W.

ISBN 10: 0521293502 / ISBN 13: 9780521293501

Edité par Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Etc., 1979

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x, 429p., original stiff printed wrappers (Cambridge studies in linguistics, 23).

N° de réf. du vendeur 049045

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Principles of Diachronic Syntax
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Etc.
• Date de parution: 1979
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0521293502
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521293501
• Reliure: Couverture souple

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Synopsis

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

Présentation de l'éditeur

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. In particular, theories of generative grammar have not been responsive to diachronic data and a fortiori have not yielded a convincing account of language change or of the interrelationships between different kinds of change. This study will be of interest to a wide range of linguists. It offers one of the first systematic accounts of a difficult and important topic, with implications for the whole field of linguistics and language study.