Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 74)

Harris, Alice C.; Campbell, Lyle

ISBN 10: 0521478812 / ISBN 13: 9780521478816

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 74)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521478812
• ISBN 13: 9780521478816
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this important new work, Alice Harris and Lyle Campbell set out to establish a general framework for the investigation of syntactic change. Using a cross-linguistic approach, they reveal shared properties of changes across languages, determine what mechanisms lie behind them, and how they correlate to the overall explanation of syntactic change. They draw on data drawn from a wide variety of languages, in particluar those from the Indo-European, Finno-Ugric, Kartvelian, and North East Caucasian families.

Book Description

This study utilizes a cross-linguistic approach to establish a general framework for the investigation of syntactic change. It reveals shared properties of changes across languages, determines what mechanisms lie behind them, and how they correlate to the overall explanation of syntactic change.