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Principles of Diachronic Syntax

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The study of syntactic change has been much neglected in the past. Historical linguists have tended to concentrate on phonology, lexis and morphology whilst most theoretical studies of syntax have been deliberately synchronic in intention. In particular, theories of generative grammar have not been responsive to diachronic data and a fortiori have not yielded a convincing account of language change or of the interrelationships between different kinds of change. This study will be of interest to a wide range of linguists. It ...

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Principles of Diachronic Syntax 1979, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521293501

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Principles of Diachronic Syntax 1979, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521220828

Hardcover