Syntactic change: toward a theory of historical syntax
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Main Author: Faarlund, Jan Terje 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin M. de Gruyter 1990
Series:Trends in linguistics 50
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index
""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Preliminaries""; ""1.1. The subject-matter of diachronic syntax""; ""1.2. The logic of syntactic change""; ""1.3. The North Germanic languages and dialects""; ""1.4. Theoretical framework""; ""1.5. The data""; ""2. Explanation and syntactic change""; ""2.1. The locus of linguistic change""; ""2.2. The meaning of â€explanationâ€?""; ""2.3. Explaining linguistic change""; ""2.4. Motivation and predictability""; ""2.5. Formal and functional explanations â€? a summary""; ""3. Functional change""
""3.1. Synchronic variation and diachronic change""""3.2. Word order typology""; ""3.3. The verb-second constraint""; ""3.4. The expletive topic""; ""4. Formal change""; ""4.1. Predicate and argument""; ""4.2. Grammatical function and semantic role""; ""4.3. Configurationality""; ""4.4. Prototypicality""; ""5. Some consequences""; ""5.1. Case systems""; ""5.2. Passive""; ""5.3. â€Impersonalâ€? constructions""; ""5.4. From preposition to verbal particle""; ""5.5. The expletive subject""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
Physical Description:viii, 219 pages
ISBN:9783110854947
3110854945
3110126516
9783110126518
0899257496
9780899257495

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