Diachronic Syntax: Models and Mechanisms (Oxford Linguistics)

by SusanPintzuk (Editor), George Tsoulas (Editor), Anthony Warner (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  2001

  $441.28

  This title demonstrates the pivotal position of historical syntax within the larger domain of research into the nature, use, and acquisition of language. It shows how current work in historical syntax is responsive to theoretical advances in linguistic theory, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and theories of language use.

• New

  Paperback
  2001

  $74.49

  This book is a collection of studies on the ways languages change structurally over time. It brings together current research, approaching language change from different formal perspectives. The contributions are contextualized in the introduction and provide a state-of-the-art account of current understanding of syntactic change from a generative perspective.