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

• Autore: Fischer Olga
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford Univerity Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (397 p.)
• Disciplina: 415/.9
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphosyntax; Linguistic change; Grammar, Comparative and general - Grammaticalization; Generative grammar
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Morphosyntactic change
• ISBN: 1-383-04094-X; 1-280-75375-7; 9786610753758; 0-19-151482-9; 1-4294-7071-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784731503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford surveys in syntax and morphology.