Syntactic Change
A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization
Part of Cambridge Studies in Linguistics
- Authors:
- Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge
- Anna Roussou, University of Patras, Greece
- Date Published: June 2008
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521066846
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The phenomenon of grammaticalization--the historical process whereby new grammatical material is created--has attracted a great deal of attention within linguistics in recent years. This book shows how this approach leads to a number of important conceptual and theoretical issues concerning the nature of functional categories and the form of parameters, as well as the relation of both of these to language change.
Read more- First formal treatment of grammaticalisation
- First book-length study of diachronic syntax using minimalism
- Relates language to linguistic theory and language acquisition
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"a welcome and unique contribution to the vast body of research on grammaticalization. It offers a perspective different from the more functionalist or cognitivist perspective one usually finds ... and it is well-organized, well-written, and well-argued. This work is a must-read for anyone seriously interested in the nature of syntactic change."
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- Date Published: June 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521066846
- length: 288 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- contains: 5 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Parameters, functional heads and language change
2. T elements
3. C elements
4. D elements
5. Theoretical consequences
References
Index of languages
Index of names
Index of subjects.
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