Parameters of Morphosyntactic Change
Parameters of Morphosyntactic Change by Ans van Kemenade, published by Cambridge University Press on May 13, 1997, is a comprehensive exploration of the interplay between morphological and syntactic changes in historical linguistics. This 558-page volume delves into how inflectional morphology impacts syntax, addressing key issues within recent frameworks such as the Minimalist Programme. The book features contributions from leading scholars in the field, providing insights into the evolution of categories like aspect and mood, verb placement, and argument marking.
Readers will find a substantial introduction that reviews the development of generative historical syntax over the past fifteen years, highlighting the unique aspects of the generative approach. The chapters cover a range of topics relevant to linguistic change, making this volume suitable for those engaged in theoretical syntax and specialists interested in the historical development of German, French, and other Romance and Germanic languages. This edition serves as a valuable resource for understanding the complexities of grammar and morphology in a historical context.
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The relationship between changes in (inflectional) morphology and the consequences of these changes in syntax has been a perennial issue in historical linguistics. The contributors to this volume address the issue of how to model the phenomena of syntactic and morphological change within recent frameworks, including the Minimalist Programme. Topics addressed include the way categories like aspect and mood interact over time with the valency of verbs; the nature of changes in verb placement; the changing division of labor between different types of argument marking–case, word order, clitics, agreement. The volume contains chapters by many of the leading scholars in the field. There is a substantial introduction which reviews the development of ideas in generative historical syntax over the last fifteen years, and assesses the distinctive properties of the generative position. The volume will appeal to those working in theoretical syntax, and also to specialists in the history of German, French and the Romance and Germanic languages more broadly.
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