Verbs And Diachronic Syntax

Author : I.G. Roberts
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401129107

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Verbs and Diachronic Syntax by I.G. Roberts Pdf

This book combines several strands of my work, both individually and in collaboration with various people, over the last couple of years. To a very large extent, I have been inspired by the many talks, classes, appointments and other interactions that took place in the exciting intellectual environ ment that grew up among the linguists working in Geneva in the period 1989-90. It is impossible to mention by name everyone who influenced the devel opment of this material, but I'd particularly like to thank the students in my class 'linguistique diachronique' during that period, who had to suffer through preliminary versions of much of this book, and often seemed to understand what I was getting at better than I did. Luigi Rizzi did more than anyone else to create the unique atmosphere here in the last couple of years, and so he deserves our gratitude for that; he was also my collaborator on the synchronic work on French inversion that inspired much of this book; he also read the whole manuscript in draft form and gave detailed comments; he is also, as anyone working in current comparative syntax knows, a wellspring of knowledge, ideas and inspiration. Maria-Teresa Guasti also read the entire manuscript and gave me invaluable comments. Sten Vikner was a great help, for much more than just Danish data. Special thanks also to Adriana Belletti, Anna Cardinaletti, Liliane Haegeman and Cecilia Poletto.

Author : Marion Elenbaas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114844504

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The Synchronic and Diachronic Syntax of the English Verb-particle Combination by Marion Elenbaas Pdf

Author : Ian Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199283668

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Diachronic Syntax by Ian Roberts Pdf

This book shows how the generative approach to linguistics may be used to understand how languages change. Generative diachronic syntax has developed since the inception of the principles and parameters approach to comparative syntax in the early 1980s: it has become increasingly important in historical linguistics and generative theory, acting as a bridge between them and providing insights to both. Ian Roberts relates work in historical linguistics to contemporary work on universal grammar and historical syntactic variation. He explains how standard questions in historical linguistics - including word-order change, grammaticalization, and reanalysis - can be explored in terms of current generative theory. He examines the nature of the links between syntactic change and first-language acquisition and considers the short and long-term effects of language contact. Professor Roberts provides numerous examples from a range of different languages, guides to further reading, and a comprehensive glossary. This is the ideal textbook introduction for students of syntactic change.

Author : Eric Mathieu,Robert Truswell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198747840

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Micro-change and Macro-change in Diachronic Syntax by Eric Mathieu,Robert Truswell Pdf

Annotation This volume addresses syntactic change at the macro and the micro level, and explores how these different levels of change are related. It includes numerous case studies of changes in syntactic constructions including relative clauses, verb second, and negation, in a range of languages.

Author : Lukasz Jedrzejowski,Ulrike Demske
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110518597

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Infinitives at the Syntax-Semantics Interface by Lukasz Jedrzejowski,Ulrike Demske Pdf

The major aim of this volume is to investigate infinitival structures from a diachronic point of view and, simultaneously, to embed the diachronic findings into the ongoing theoretical discussion on non-finite clauses in general. All contributions subscribe to a dynamic approach to infinitival clauses by investigating their origin, development and loss in miscellaneous patterns and across different languages.

Author : Lightfoot
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1979-04-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521220823

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Principles of Diachronic Syntax by Lightfoot Pdf

This study offers one of the first systematic accounts of syntactic change and will be of interest to a wide range of linguists.

Author : Alice C. Harris
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004373143

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Diachronic Syntax: The Kartvelian Case by Alice C. Harris Pdf

Author : Rolf Kailuweit,Eva Staudinger,Björn Wiemer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443810654

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New applications of Role & Reference Grammar by Rolf Kailuweit,Eva Staudinger,Björn Wiemer Pdf

The first part is comprised of seven articles dealing with possible applications of RRG to diachronic syntax and grammaticalization. Beside an overview article, the papers are mainly concerned with changes either in the interaction between topic-focus structure and the Layered Structure of the Clause or in the selection of Privileged Syntactic Arguments and case assignment. The second part consists of applications of RRG to Romance languages, and most of these applications are mainly concerned with the syntax-semantics interface. Different aspects of verbs (verbs as operators, verbs as sentence predicates, verb alternations) and the syntactic and semantic structures they involve are analyzed from an RRG perspective.

Author : Michail L. Kotin,Richard Whitt
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443884914

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To be or not to be? The Verbum Substantivum from Synchronic, Diachronic and Typological Perspectives by Michail L. Kotin,Richard Whitt Pdf

The verbs of the 'to be'-group, also called verba substantiva, belong to the most enigmatic phenomena of the human language. Combining a distinct suppletivity of their conjugational forms in most languages with a striking semantic and functional ambiguity, as well as unique syntactic capabilities, they form a very specific class of linguistic entities. They can be referred to, without exaggeration, as one of the conceptually gravest and most "symptomatic" language formations. Typologically, the be-verbs demonstrate, on the one hand, a set of similar features in almost every language, which is excellent evidence of their universal validity. On the other hand, the differences between these verbs in various language groups and even in particular languages are remarkable proof of language relativism. Historically, the be-verbs show a sequence of relevant stages in their formal, semantic and syntactic developments, which in many aspects coincide with their typological and individual, "idioethnic" features and properties. One can trace, among other things, paths and mechanisms of their development and salient changes of their functions in language systems of different types. Especially important are also changes in the form and function of the be-verbs arising from language contact, for they indicate essential tendencies in the evolution of these entities accelerated by the influence of language interaction triggers. The contribution of to be-verbs to the morphology, semantics and syntax of the majority of the languages of the world is substantial from a number of perspectives, and these verbs belong to the most complex and simultaneously central entities of human language. For this reason their analysis must continually be synchronized with the newest results of general linguistic research. This volume, hence, describes and interprets the to be-verbs and constructions in the broad context of contemporary linguistic research, including synchrony, diachrony, diatopy, language contrast and typology.

Author : Susan Pintzuk,George Tsoulas,Anthony Warner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198250274

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Diachronic Syntax by Susan Pintzuk,George Tsoulas,Anthony Warner Pdf

This text reflects developing trends in linguistic research, specifically the study of syntax and its pivotal position in current theories of language acquisition.

Author : Chiara Fedriani,Maria Napoli
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110701470

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The Diachrony of Ditransitives by Chiara Fedriani,Maria Napoli Pdf

While ample studies exist on ditransitives in various languages, notably from a typological perspective, more work needs to be done on identifying the main processes and factors that trigger and constrain the changes they undergo over time. The goal of this volume is to help fill this gap by bringing together data and information on individual languages that have thus far been left out of the discussion and by expanding our knowledge of already studied linguistic traditions so as to achieve a broader diachronic description. Since one of the distinctive features of ditransitives is their synchronic variability in terms of structural alternation and alignment split, diachronic research can throw up new insights into developmental dynamics that are eminently complementary; namely, on the one hand, the emergence, development and loss of construction alternation and, on the other, the acquisition of new functions over time. The analyses offered in the book yield different and interconnected answers to the general question of how ditransitives change by drawing on different functional principles that play a role in the diachronic reorganization of this dynamic domain and by providing a number of original theoretical suggestions.

Author : Ian Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315310565

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Diachronic and Comparative Syntax by Ian Roberts Pdf

This book brings together for the first time a series of previously published papers featuring Ian Roberts’ pioneering work on diachronic and comparative syntax over the last thirty years in one comprehensive volume. Divided into two parts, the volume engages in recent key topics in empirical studies of syntactic theory, with the eight papers on diachronic syntax addressing major changes in the history of English as well as broader aspects of syntactic change, including the introduction to the formal approach to grammaticalisation, and the eight papers on comparative syntax exploring head-movement, the nature and distribution of clitics, and the nature of parametric variation and change. This comprehensive collection of the author’s body of research on diachronic and comparative syntax is an essential resource for scholars and researchers in theoretical, comparative, and historical linguistics.

Author : Folke Josephson,Ingmar Söhrman
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027271815

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Diachronic and Typological Perspectives on Verbs by Folke Josephson,Ingmar Söhrman Pdf

This volume applies a diachronic perspective to the verb and mainly deals with typological change affecting tense, aspect, mood and modality in a variety of Indo-European languages (Latin, Romance, Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, Indo-Iranian, Hittite, and Semitic) and the non-Indo-European Turkic, Amerindian and some Australian languages. The analyses of the structural changes and the interchange between the different grammatical categories that cause them which are presented in the chapters of this volume yield astonishing results. The diachronic perspective combined with a comparative approach provides profound knowledge of the typology of the verb and other typological issues and will serve researchers, as well as advanced and beginning of linguistics students in a way that has rarely been encountered before.

Author : Bettelou Los
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780748694570

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Historical Syntax of English by Bettelou Los Pdf

This book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English, addressing key issues of interpretation and focus for the benefit of students of the topic.

Author : Adrian Battye,Ian Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195358797

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Clause Structure and Language Change by Adrian Battye,Ian Roberts Pdf

The Principles-and-Parameters approach to linguistic theory has triggered an enormous amount of work in comparative syntax over the last decade or so. A natural consequence of the growth in synchronic comparative work has been a renewed interest in questions of diachronic syntax, and this collection testifies to that trend. These papers focus on questions of clause structure which have become a central theme of theoretical work since the pioneering work in the late 1980s by Chomsky, Pollock, and others. The languages studied by an international roster of contributors include all the major Romance and Germanic languages. This volume is of central importance for anyone working in theoretical, comparative, or historical syntax.