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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785039303321

Autore

Fischer Susann <1964->

Titolo

Word-order change as a source of grammaticalisation [[electronic resource] /] / Susann Fischer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Company, 2010

ISBN

1-282-66339-9

9786612663390

90-272-8818-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 157

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order

Languages, Modern - Word order

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Different views on grammaticalisation and its relation to word-order -- Historical overview of oblique subjects in Germanic and Romance -- Historical overview of stylistic fronting in Germanic and Romance -- Accounting for the differences and similarities between the languages under investigation -- Explaining the changes: minimalism meets von Humboldt and Meillet -- References.