This dissertation, "Grammaticalization and Greenberg's Word Order Correlations" by Jeremy Charles, Collins, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfu
The issue of permanence and change of word-order patterns has long been debated in both historical linguistics and structural theories. The interest in this the
This volume explores word order change within the framework of diachronic generative syntax. Word order is at the core of natural language grammatical systems,
While Modern Icelandic exhibits a virtually uniform VO order in the VP, Old(er) Icelandic had both VO order and OV order, as well as ‘mixed’ word order patt
This book proposes that the fundamental building blocks of syntax are relations between words rather than constituents formed from words.
