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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511408403321

Titolo

Historical syntax and linguistic theory / / edited by Paola Crisma and Giuseppe Longobardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-156798-1

1-282-23509-5

9786612235092

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CrismaPaola

LongobardiGiuseppe

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax

Historical linguistics

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. 375-412) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Theoretical issues in historical syntax -- pt. 2. External and internal sources of morphosyntactic change -- pt. 3. Parameter resetting and reanalysis.

Sommario/riassunto

This book of new work by leading international scholars considers developments in the study of diachronic linguistics and linguistic theory, including those concerned with the very definition of language change in the biolinguistic framework, parametric change in a minimalist conception of grammar, the tension between the observed gradual nature of language change and the binary nature of parameters, and whether syntactic change can be triggered internally or requires the externalstimuli produced by phonological or morphological change or through language contact. It then tests their value and