Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Released on by Alice C. Harris
preview-18

  • Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective Book Detail

  • Author : Alice C. Harris
  • Release Date : 1995-09-21
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Pages : 512
  • ISBN 13 : 9780521478816
  • File Size : 14,14 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective by Alice C. Harris PDF Summary

Book Description: In this major new work Alice Harris and Lyle Campbell set out to establish a general framework for the investigation of linguistic change. Systematic cross-linguistic comparison of syntactic change across a wide variety of languages is used to construct hypotheses about the universals and limits of language change more generally. In particular, the authors seek to move closer towards describing the range of causes of syntactic change to develop an understanding of the mechanisms of syntactic change, and to provide an understanding of why some languages undergo certain changes and not others. The authors draw on languages as diverse as Pipil and French, Georgian and Estonian, and the data presented is one of the book's great strengths. Rigor and precision are combined here with a great breadth of scholarship to produce a unique resource for the study of linguistic change, which will be of use to scholars and students alike.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Historical Linguistics, fourth edition

Historical Linguistics, fourth edition

File Size : 97,97 MB
Total View : 3623 Views
DOWNLOAD

The new edition of a comprehensive, accessible, and hands-on text in historical linguistics, revised and expanded, with new material and a new layout. This acce

Adverbs and Functional Heads

Adverbs and Functional Heads

File Size : 30,30 MB
Total View : 3960 Views
DOWNLOAD

This text presents evidence locating adverb phrases in the specifiers of distinct functional projections within a theory of the clause. In this theory, both adv