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Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change
- Editore:
OXFORD UNIV PR
- Collana:
- Oxford Linguistics
- EAN:
9780198299608
- ISBN:
0198299605
- Pagine:
- 488
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
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Descrizione Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change
This book seeks to answer the questions: why do grammars change, and why is the rate of such change so variable? A principal focus is on changes in English between the Anglo-Saxon and early modern periods. The author frames his analysis in a comparative framework with extended discussions of language change in a wide range of other Indo-European languages. He deploys Chomsky's minimalist framework in a fruitful marriage of comparative and theoretical linguistics within an argument that will be accessible to practitioners in both fields.
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