Syntactic change : a minimalist approach to grammaticalization / Ian Roberts and Anna Roussou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Ian G., author.

Roussou, Anna, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 100.

Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 100

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Linguistic change.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The phenomenon of grammaticalization - the historical process whereby new grammatical material is created - has attracted a great deal of attention within linguistics. This is an attempt to provide a general account of this phenomenon in terms of a formal theory of syntax. Using Chomsky's Minimalist Program for linguistic theory, Roberts and Roussou show how this approach gives rise to a number of important conceptual and theoretical issues concerning the nature of functional categories and the form of parameters, as well as the relation of both of these to language change. Drawing on examples from a wide range of languages, they construct a general account of grammaticalization with implications for linguistic theory and language acquisition.

Contents:

Parameters, functional heads and language change

T elements

C elements

D elements

Theoretical consequences.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-12952-4

1-280-41811-7

9786610418114

0-511-17839-5

0-511-06714-3

0-511-20269-5

0-511-30563-X

0-511-48632-4

0-511-06927-8

OCLC:

57254062