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'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. 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.
Syntactic Change:: Theory and Method
págs. 1-22
Competition and Correspondence in Syntactic Change:: Null Arguments in Latin and Romance
págs. 25-50
Jespersen’ s Cycle Revisited:: Formal Properties of Grammaticalization
págs. 51-74
págs. 75-106
págs. 109-131
Verb-Object Order in Early Middle English
Ann Taylor, Anthony Kroch
págs. 132-163
págs. 164-188
Polarity Items in Romance:: Underspecification and Lexical Change
págs. 191-219
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págs. 241-254
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págs. 275-295
págs. 296-321
Verb Movement in Slavonic Conditionals
David Willis
págs. 322-348
págs. 349-352
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