Diachronic SyntaxOUP Oxford, 2007 - 508 oldal This book shows how the generative approach to linguistics may be used to understand how languages change. Generative diachronic syntax has developed since the inception of the principes and parameters approach to comparative syntax in the early 1980s: it has become increasingly important in historical linguistics and generative theory, acting as a bridge between them and providing insights to both. Ian Roberts relates work in historical linguistics to contemporary work on universal grammar and historical syntactic variation. He explains how standard questions in historical linguistics - including word-order change, grammaticalization and reanalysis - can be explored in terms of current generative theory. He examines the nature of the links between syntactic change and first-language acquisition and considers the short and long-term effects of language contact. Professor Roberts provides numerous examples from a range of different languages, guides to further reading, and a comprehensive glossary. This is the ideal textbook introduction for students of syntactic change. |
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abductive acquirers agreement analysis approach argues auxiliary Biberauer c-commands Chapter Chomsky clausal clitics complement construction context creoles Danelaw dative diachronic dialects diglossia direct object discussion English EPP feature example fact finite French functional G₁ German grammatical systems Guasti idea illustrated inflection Italian Kroch language acquisition language change language faculty Latin lexical lexical diffusion Lightfoot linguistic marked markedness Merge morphological nature negation negative concord non-finite verb notion null subjects null-subject languages null-subject parameter observed option OV languages OV order overt P-ambiguity parameter change parameter values phonological pidgin Pintzuk position possible postulation prepositions Principle pronouns properties proposed question reanalysis relevant Roberts and Roussou Romance Romance languages root infinitives SpecTP structure syntactic change syntax thematic roles theory trigger typological uninterpretable Universal Grammar unmarked V-to-T movement variation verb Vulgar Latin wh-movement word order word-order change