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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150347003321

Autore

Joseph Brian D.

Titolo

Morphology and universals in syntactic change : evidence from medieval and modern Greek / / Brian D. Joseph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-138-69995-0

1-315-51573-3

1-315-51571-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Syntax ; ; Volume 12

Disciplina

489.35

Soggetti

Greek language, Modern - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1990 by Garland Publishing, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. The question of methodology -- ch. 2. The history of the infinitive in Greek -- ch. 3. Object deletion -- ch. 4. Object raising -- ch. 5. Thelo:-futures and clause union -- ch. 6. Theories of syntactic change -- ch. 7. Explanation of the object deletion changes -- ch. 8. Explanation of the object raising changes -- ch. 9. The Change in the the/a-futures -- ch. 10. Infinitival relatives -- ch. 11. Raising and reflexives -- ch. 12. Towards a model of syntactic change.