Parameters of Morphosyntactic Change - Softcover

 
9780521586436: Parameters of Morphosyntactic Change
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521586437 ISBN 13: 9780521586436
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

The relationship between changes in (inflectional) morphology and the consequences of these changes in syntax has been a perennial issue in historical linguistics. The contributors to this 1997 volume address the issue of how to model the phenomena of syntactic and morphological change within recent frameworks, in particular the Minimalist Program. A special concern is the way different criteria for the selection of argument structure - especially aspect and mood - interact over time with various types of argument marking: case, word order, clitics, agreement. The volume contains papers by many of the leading scholars in the field. There is a substantial introduction which reviews the development of ideas in generative historical syntax, and assesses the distinctive properties of the generative position.

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Book Description

The contributors to this 1997 volume, including many of the leading figures in diachronic generative syntax, address the issue of how to model the phenomena of syntactic and morphological change within frameworks, in particular the Minimalist Program.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521586437
ISBN 13 
9780521586436
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
558
Editor
Van Kemenade Ans

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