Clause Structure and Language Change (Hardcover)

Adrian Battye

ISBN 10: 0195086325 / ISBN 13: 9780195086324

Published by Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 1995

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Hardcover. The Principles-and-Parameters approach to linguistic theory has triggered an enormous amount of work in comparative syntax over the last decade or so. A natural consequence of the growth in synchronic comparative work has been a renewed interest in questions of diachronic syntax, and this collection testifies to that trend. These papers focus on questions of clause structure which have become a central theme of theoretical work since the pioneering work in the late1980s by Chomsky, Pollock, and others. The languages studied by an international roster of contributors include all the major Romance and Germanic languages. This volume is of central importance foranyone working in theoretical, comparative, or historical syntax. This is a collection of papers on a topic in historical linguistics - clause structure The collection testifies to the renewal of interest in questions of diachronic syntax, a consequence of the new emphasis on comparative issues in the principles and parameters framework. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Clause Structure and Language Change (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195086325
• ISBN 13: 9780195086324
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This is a collection of previously unpublished papers on a specific topic in historical linguistics - clause structure, an issue of central importance since the pioneering work in the late 1980s by Chomsky and Pollock. The collection testifies to the recent renewal of interest in questions of diachronic syntax, a consequence of the new emphasis on comparative issues in the principles and parameters framework. Languages studied in this volume include all the major Romance and Germanic languages.

Review

The book contains some excellent reassessments of Verb-second data available earlier as well as some new data on this elusive phenomenon...this is an extremely relevant collection of papers. (Studies in Language)