Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective: 74 (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 74) - Softcover

Harris, Alice C.

 
9780521478816: Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective: 74 (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 74)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521478812 ISBN 13: 9780521478816
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Comprehensive treatment of syntactic change, drawing on data from a wide range of languages.

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Review

"A book of this magnitude and comprehensiveness on a topic so neglected in recent linguistics has long been wanting. Harris and Campbell have made an admirable attempt to provide a balanced synthesis of over one hundred years of research on diachronic syntax...while simultaneously attempting to provide some unity to this dipersed field. Thus, they provide a unified methodology and a limited set of mechanisms of change.... ...this book is essentially the only one of its kind; this by itself is a virtue." Paul Manning, Anthropological Linguistics

Book Description

In this important new work, Alice Harris and Lyle Campbell set out to establish a general framework for the investigation of syntactic change.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521478812
ISBN 13 
9780521478816
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
512

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