Principles of Diachronic Syntax

Lightfoot, David W.

ISBN 10: 0521220823 ISBN 13: 9780521220828

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1979

Language: English

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Cambridge University Press, 1979. 1st edition, 1st printing. Printed blue cloth. X + [430] pp. Price sticker inside front cover. Dust jacket has some foxing and wear to corners and ends of spine. Spine is blunted. Pages are clean, white, and unmarked: seemingly unused. ; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Vol. 23; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 440 pages.

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Title: Principles of Diachronic Syntax
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1979
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521220823
ISBN 13: 9780521220828
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-

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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 offers one of the first systematic accounts of a difficult and important topic, with implications for the whole field of linguistics and language study.

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