Clause structure and language change [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Adrian Battye, Ian Roberts

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777491203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0-19-772136-2; 1-280-52717-X; 0-19-535879-1; 1-4294-0649-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Collana: Oxford studies in comparative syntax
• Altri autori (Persone): BattyeAdrian; RobertsIan G
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Grammar, Comparative and general - Clauses; Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax; Linguistic change; Principles and parameters (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb; Grammar, Comparative and general - Clitics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on material presented at the 1st Generative Diachronic Syntax Conference which was held at the University of York, Apr. 1990.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. ""Why UG Needs a Learning Theory: Triggering Verb Movement""; 3. ""Two Types of Verb Second in the History of Yiddish""; 4. ""The Locus of Verb Movement in Non-Asymmetric Verb-Second Languages: The Case of Middle French""; 5. ""Evidence for a Verb-Second Phase in Old Portuguese""; 6. ""Indo-European Origins of Germanic Syntax""; 7. ""On the Decline of Verb Movement to Comp in Old and Middle French""; 8. ""The Loss of Verb Second in English and French""; 9. ""Verb Second, Pro-drop, Functional Projections and Language Change""; 10. ""Null Subjects in Verb-First Embedded Clauses in Philippe de Vigneulles' Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles""11. ""The Diachronic Development of Subject Clitics in North Eastern Italian Dialects""; 12. ""Complement Clitics in Medieval Romance: the Tobler-Mussafia Law""; ; 13. ""Cases of Verb Third in Old High German""
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of previously unpublished papers on a specific topic in historical linguistics - clause structure. These papers testify to the recent renewal of interest in diachronic syntax, a consequence of the new emphasis on comparative issues in the principles and parameters framework.