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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450840103321

Autore

Fischer Olga

Titolo

Morphosyntactic change [[electronic resource] ] : functional and formal perspectives / / Olga Fischer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford Univerity Press, 2007

ISBN

1-280-75375-7

9786610753758

0-19-151482-9

1-4294-7071-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Collana

Oxford surveys in syntax and morphology

Disciplina

415/.9

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphosyntax

Linguistic change

Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammaticalization

Generative grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-359) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and explanation of technical terms; Introduction; Part I: General Issues in Morphosyntactic Change; Part II: Case Studies; References; Name Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Olga Fischer presents a critical analysis of morphosyntactic change and the mechanisms that trigger it. She shows how changes in discourse, lexicon, semantics, pragmatics, and sound interact with changes in morphosyntax, and considers the interface between the internal and external factors of change. She reveals how rates and speed of change in morphosyntax can be used to explore the degree to which grammar is innate or learned. Her book will be of central interest and value to. students of linguistic change, at graduate level and above. - ;This book presents a critical comparison of the two l