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Susan Pintzuk is Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of York. She has research interests in syntactic variation and change in the history of English and other Germanic languages. Ge… More...

Susan Pintzuk is Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of York. She has research interests in syntactic variation and change in the history of English and other Germanic languages. George Tsoulas is Lecturer in Linguistics at theUniversity of York. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Diachronic Syntax by Susan Pintzuk, George Tsoulas, Anthony Warner This book demonstrates the pivotal position of historical syntax within the larger domain of research into the nature, use, and acquisition of language. It shows how current work in historical syntax is responsive to theoretical advances in linguistic theory, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and theories of language use. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description Historical syntax occupies a pivotal position within the larger field of research into the nature, use, and acquisition of language. It is responsive to theoretical advances in linguistic theory, language acquisition, and theories of language use, as well as to less adjacent fields such as statistical techniques and evolutionary biology. Linguistic theory has undergone deep changes since the early 1990s, given the widespread impact of Chomsky'sMinimalist 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 adirect impact on our understanding of the process of change. At the same time, the recently developed framework of Optimality Theory, which has had a major influence in phonology, is beginning to provide new insights and raise new questions as it is applied to syntax and historical change. This collection of new writing by largely generative-based syntacticians advances this work. This book contains selected material from the Fifth Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference(DIGS 5) held in 1998. The chapters have been chosen to reflect developments in the study of language change and variation, and to exemplify work in a wide range of languages, including Germanic,Romance, Celtic, Slavic, and Sinitic. The book is divided into parts dealing with theoretical frameworks, comparative change, features and categories, and movement. A substantial opening chapter by the editors provides a critical overview of the subject and introduces the following chapters. Author Biography Susan Pintzuk is Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of York. She has research interests in syntactic variation and change in the history of English and other Germanic languages. She is currently working on a research project on the syntax of Old English poetry and (with Anthony Warner and Ann Taylor) the York-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Old English. She has published articles on Old English syntax; Phrase Structures in Competition: Variation and Change inOld English Word Order (Garland, 1999); and (with David Adger, Bernadette Plunkett, and George Tsoulas) Specifiers: Minimalist Approaches (OUP, 1999). George Tsoulas is Lecturer in Linguistics at theUniversity of York. He has published articles on the interpretation of pronouns and the syntax of non-finite sentential complementation. His recent research is concerned with the formal theory of quantification, the syntax and semantics of pronominal anaphora, and the syntax of scrambling and multiple subject constructions in Korean and Japanese. He has edited (with David Adger, Bernadette Plunkett, and Susan Pintzuk) Specifiers: Minimalist Approaches (OUP, 1999). Anthony Warner isProfessor of English Linguistics at the University of York. He has a major interest in variation and change in the history of English syntax. He is the author of papers in syntactic change and in phrase structuregrammar, and of Complementation in Middle English and the Methodology of Historical Syntax (Croom Helm, 1982), and English Auxiliaries: Structure and History (CUP, 1993). Table of Contents 1: Susan Pintzuk, George Tsoulas, and Anthony Warner: Syntactic Change: Theory and MethodPart I: Frameworks for the Understanding of Change2: Nigel Vincent: Competition and Correspondence in Syntactic Change: Null Arguments in Latin and Romance3: Ans van Kemenade: Jespersen's Cycle Revisited: Formal Properties of Grammaticalization4: Ted Briscoe: Evolutionary Perspectives on Diachronic SyntaxPart II: The Comparative Basis of Diachronic Syntax5: Eric Haeberli: Adjuncts and the Syntax of Subjects in Old and Middle English6: Anthony Kroch and Ann Taylor: Verb-Object Order in Early Middle English7: Alexander Williams: Null Subjects in Middle English ExistentialsPart III: Mechanisms of Syntactic Change8: Ana Maria Martins: Polarity Items in Romance: Underspecification and Lexical Change9: John Whitman: Relabelling10: Montse Batllori and Francesc Roca: The Value of Definite Determiners from Old Spanish to Modern Spanish11: Lars-Olof Delsing: From OV to VO in Swedish12: Chung-hye Han: The Evolution of Do-Support in English Imperatives13: Þorbjörg Hrársdóttir: Interacting Movements in the History of Icelandic14: David Willis: Verb Movement in Slavonic Conditionals Review provides an excellent survey of recent developments in the field ... The editors have assembled a collection of very substantial papers in which extensive databases, sophisticated statistical analyses, and clever theoretical interpretations are abundantly present. Journal of Linguistics Long Description Historical syntax occupies a pivotal position within the larger field of research into the nature, use, and acquisition of language. It is responsive to theoretical advances in linguistic theory, language acquisition, and theories of language use, as well as to less adjacent fields such as statistical techniques and evolutionary biology. Linguistic theory has undergone deep changes since the early 1990s, given the widespread impact of Chomsky'sMinimalist 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. At the same time, the recentlydeveloped framework of Optimality Theory, which has had a major influence in phonology, is beginning to provide new insights and raise new questions as it is applied to syntax and historical change. This collection of new writing by largely generative-based syntacticians advances this work. This book contains selected material from the Fifth Diachronic Generative Syntax Conference (DIGS 5) held in 1998. The chapters have been chosen to reflect developments in the study oflanguage change and variation, and to exemplify work in a wide range of languages, including Germanic, Romance, Celtic, Slavic, and Sinitic. The book is divided into parts dealing with theoretical frameworks, comparative change, features and categories, and movement. A substantial opening chapter bythe editors provides a critical overview of the subject and introduces the following chapters. Review Quote ... provides an excellent survey of recent developments in the field ... The editors have assembled a collection of very substantial papers in which extensive databases, sophisticated statistical analyses, and clever theoretical interpretations are abundantly present. Details ISBN0198250266 Pages 392 Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford linguistics Year 2001 ISBN-10 0198250266 ISBN-13 9780198250265 Format Hardcover Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle Models and Mechanisms Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by George Tsoulas DEWEY 415 Media Book Short Title DIACHRONIC SYNTAX Language English Position Professor in the Department of Language and Linguistic Science Affiliation Professor in the Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York DOI 10.1604/9780198250265 UK Release Date 2001-02-22 Publication Date 2001-02-22 AU Release Date 2001-02-22 NZ Release Date 2001-02-22 Illustrations linguistic tree diagrams Author Anthony Warner Alternative 9780198250272 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got thisAt The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it.With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICYNo questions asked, 30 day returns! 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