Parameter theory and linguistic change / edited by Charlotte Galves ... [et al.].

Contributor(s):

Eds. Galves, Charlotte; Cyrino,Sonia; Lopes, Ruth; Sandalo, Filomena and Avelar, Juanito

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 2.Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780199659203 (acidfree paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

417.7 PAR

Contents:

Parameter theory and dynamics of change / Charlotte Galves, Sonia Cyrino and Ruth Lopes -- Parameters in Old Romance word order : a comparative minimalist analysis / Guido Mensching -- Microparameters in the verbal complex : Middle High German and some modern varieties / Christopher D. Sapp -- Language acquisition in German and phrase structure change in Yiddish / Joel C. Wallenberg -- Extraposition of restrictive relative clauses in the history of Portuguese / Adriana Cardoso -- Doubling-que embedded constructions in Old Portuguese : a diachronic perspective / Ilza Ribeiro and Maria A. Torres Morais -- Brazilian Portuguese and Caribbean Spanish : similar changes in Romania Nova / Mary Aizawa Kato -- Macroparametric change and the synthetic-analytic dimension : the case of Ancient Egyptian / Chris H. Reintges -- A diachronic shift in the expression of person / Judy B. Bernstein and Raffaella Zanuttini -- The formal syntax of alignment change / John Whitman and Yuko Yanagida -- The diachronic development of the Irish comparative particle / Elliott Lash -- Deictic locatives, emphasis and metalinguistic negation / Ana Maria Martins -- Negative changes : three factors and the diachrony of Afrikaans negation / Theresa Biberauer and Hedde Zeijlstra -- Romanian "can" : change in parametric settings / Virginia Hill -- Prepositional genitives in Romance and the issue of parallel development : from Latin to Old French / Chiara Gianollo -- Convergence in parametric phylogenies : homoplasy or principled explanation? / Giuseppe Longobardi -- Macroparameters and minimalism : a programme for comparative research / Ian Roberts.

Summary: Leading scholars examine languages ranging from old Egyptian to modern Afrikaans. They consider the insights parametric theory offers to understanding the dynamics of language change and test new hypotheses against an extensive array of data.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	417.7 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K999

TRPHO/2019/CRB/330/112
GBP 105.00

Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-369) and indexes.

Leading scholars examine languages ranging from old Egyptian to modern Afrikaans. They consider the insights parametric theory offers to understanding the dynamics of language change and test new hypotheses against an extensive array of data.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.