Principles of Diachronic Syntax: 23 (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 23) - Softcover

Lightfoot, David

 
9780521293501: Principles of Diachronic Syntax: 23 (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 23)

Synopsis

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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Book Description

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.

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