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Date:  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:43:17 -0400
From:  Kimberly Kahn <KRK at OUP-USA.ORG>
Subject:  Modified Issue#12.1008, Diachronic Syntax

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Date:  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:43:17 -0400
From:  Kimberly Kahn <KRK at OUP-USA.ORG>
Subject:  Modified Issue#12.1008, Diachronic Syntax


DIACHRONIC SYNTAX: Models and Mechanisms

Edited by Susan Pintzuk, George Tsoulas, and Anthony Warner, all at
the University of York

Linguistic theory has undergone deep changes since the early 1990's,
given the widespread impact of Chomsky's Minimalist Programme, Kayne's
Antisymmetry Theory, and Kayne's Theory of Overt Movement.  This work
has brought into sharper focus questions concerning the architecture
of linguistic theory that have a direct impact on our understanding of
the process of change.  Here, Pintzuk, Tsoulas, and Warner have
brought together chapters which demonstrate the pivotal position of
historical syntax within the larger domain of research into the
nature, use, and acquisition of language. They show how current work
in historical syntax is responsive to theoretical advances in
linguistic theory, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and
theories of language use, as well as to less adjacent fields such as
statistical techniques and evolutionary biology.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Syntactic Change: Theory and Method, Susan Pintzuk, George Tsoulas,
           and Anthony Warner
           Part I: Frameworks for the Understanding of Change
Chapter 2: Competition and Correspondence in Syntactic Change:
           Null Arguments in Latin and Romance, Nigel Vincent
Chapter 3: Jespersen's Cycle Revisited: Formal Properties of
           Grammaticalization, Ans van Kemenade
Chapter 4: Evolutionary Perspectives on Diachronic Syntax, Ted Briscoe
           Part II: The Comparative Basis of Diachronic Syntax
Chapter 5: Adjuncts and the Syntax of Subjects in Old and Middle English,
           Eric Haeberli
Chapter 6: Verb-Object Order in Early Middle English, Anthony Kroch and
           Ann Taylor
Chapter 7: Null Subjects in Middle English Existentials, Alexander Williams
           Part III: Mechanisms of Syntactic Change:1. Features and Categories
Chapter 8: Polarity Items in Romance: Underspecification and Lexical Change,
           Ana Maria Martins
Chapter 9: Relabeling, John Whitman  2. Movement
Chapter10: The Value of Definite Determiners from Old Spanish to
           Modern Spanish, Montse Batllori and Francesc Roca
Chapter11: From OV to VO in Swedish, Lars-Olof Delsing
Chapter12: The Evolution of Do-support in English Imperatives, Chung-hye Han
Chapter13: Interacting Movements in the History of Icelandic,
           Thorbjörg Hróarsdóttir
Chapter14: Verb Movement in Slavonic Conditionals, David Willis


April 2001   392 pp.; 6 line illus
0-19-825027-4 paper $39.95
0-19-825026-6 cloth $90.00
Oxford University Press



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