| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 369 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford studies in comparative syntax
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Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
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| Note |
Based on material presented at the 1st Generative Diachronic Syntax Conference which was held at the University of York, Apr. 1990. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Why UG needs a learning theory : triggering verb movement / David Lightfoot -- Two types of verb second in the history of Yiddish / Beatrice Santorini -- The locus of verb-movement in non-asymmetric verb second languages : the case of Middle French / Monique Lemieux and Fernande Dupuis -- Evidence for a verb-second in Old Portuguese / Ilza Robeiro -- Indo-European origins of Germanic syntax / Paul Kiparsky -- On the decline of verb-movement to comp in Old and Middle French / Barbara Vance -- The loss of V2 in English and French / Christer Platzack -- Verb second, prodrop, functional projections, and language change / Aafke Hulk and Ans van Kemenade -- Null subjects in V1 embedded clauses in Philippe de Vigneulles Cent nouvelles nouvelles / Paul Hirschbuhler -- The diachronic development of subject clitics in northeastern Italian dialects / Cecilia Poletto -- Complement clitics in medieval Romance : the Tober-Mussafia law / Paola Benincà -- Cases of verb-third in Old High German / Alessandra Tomaselli. |
| Summary |
A collection of previously unpublished papers on a specific topic in historical linguistics - clause structure. These papers testify to the recent renewal of interest in diachronic syntax, a consequence of the new emphasis on comparative issues in the principles and parameters framework. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses -- Congresses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clauses. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax -- Congresses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Linguistic change -- Congresses.
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Linguistic change. |
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Principles and parameters (Linguistics) -- Congresses.
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Principles and parameters (Linguistics) |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb -- Congresses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clitics -- Congresses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Clitics. |
| Indexed Term |
Grammar |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Battye, Adrian.
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Roberts, Ian G.
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Generative Diachronic Syntax Conference (1st : 1990 : University of York)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clause structure and language change. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 0195086325 0195086333 (DLC) 94034278 (OCoLC)31010697 |
| ISBN |
1429406496 (electronic book) |
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9781429406499 (electronic book) |
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0195358791 |
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9780195358797 |
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9780195086324 (acid-free paper) |
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0195086325 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195086331 (paperback) |
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0195086333 (paperback) |
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0195086325 (acid-free paper) |
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0195086333 (paperback) |
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