Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows us to make discoveries about the nature of syntactic structure, the study of historical syntax offers even greater possibilities. Over recent decades, the study of historical syntax has proven to be a powerful scientific tool of enquiry with which to challenge and reassess hypotheses and ideas about the nature of syntactic structure which go beyond the observed limits of the study of the synchronic syntax of individual languages or language families. In this timely…mehr
Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows us to make discoveries about the nature of syntactic structure, the study of historical syntax offers even greater possibilities. Over recent decades, the study of historical syntax has proven to be a powerful scientific tool of enquiry with which to challenge and reassess hypotheses and ideas about the nature of syntactic structure which go beyond the observed limits of the study of the synchronic syntax of individual languages or language families. In this timely Handbook, the editors bring together the best of recent international scholarship on historical syntax. Each chapter is focused on a theme rather than an individual language, allowing readers to discover how systematic descriptions of historical data can profitably inform and challenge highly diverse sets of theoretical assumptions.
Introduction Adam Ledgeway and Ian Roberts Part I. Types and Mechanisms of Syntactic Change: 1. Grammaticalization Heiko Narrog and Bernd Heine 2. Degrammaticalization David Willis 3. Exaptation John Haiman 4. Reanalysis Nerea Madariaga 5. Analogy and extension Alice C. Harris 6. Restructuring David W. Lightfoot 7. Parameter setting Theresa Biberauer and Ian Roberts 8. Contact and borrowing Tania Kuteva Part II. Methods and Tools: 9. The comparative method and comparative reconstruction James Clackson 10. Internal reconstruction Gisella Ferraresi and Maria Goldbach 11. Corpora and quantitative methods Susan Pintzuk, Ann Taylor and Anthony Warner 12. Phylogenetic reconstruction in syntax: the parametric comparison method Giuseppe Longobardi and Cristina Guardiano Part III. Principles and Constraints: 13. Universal grammar Anders Holmberg 14. Abduction Henning Andersen 15. Transparency David W. Lightfoot 16. Uniformitarianism Ian Roberts 17. Markedness, naturalness and complexity Anna Roussou 18. Acquisition and learnability David W. Lightfoot Part IV. Major Issues and Themes: 19. The actuation problem George Walkden 20. Inertia Ian Roberts 21. Gradience and gradualness vs abruptness Marit Westergaard 22. Cyclicity Elly van Gelderen Part V. Explanations: 23. Endogenous and exogenous theories of syntactic change David Willis 24. Imperfect transmission and discontinuity David W. Lightfoot 25. Social conditioning Suzanne Romaine 26. Non-syntactic sources and triggers of syntactic change Laurel J. Brinton and Elizabeth Closs Traugott Part VI. Models and Approaches: 27. Principles and parameters Adam Ledgeway and Ian Roberts 28. Biolinguistics Cedric Boeckx, Pedro Tiago Martins and Evelina Leivada 29. Lexical-functional grammar Kersti Börjars and Nigel Vincent 30. Typological approaches Sonia Cristofaro and Paolo Ramat 31. Functional approaches Marianne Mithun.
Introduction Adam Ledgeway and Ian Roberts Part I. Types and Mechanisms of Syntactic Change: 1. Grammaticalization Heiko Narrog and Bernd Heine 2. Degrammaticalization David Willis 3. Exaptation John Haiman 4. Reanalysis Nerea Madariaga 5. Analogy and extension Alice C. Harris 6. Restructuring David W. Lightfoot 7. Parameter setting Theresa Biberauer and Ian Roberts 8. Contact and borrowing Tania Kuteva Part II. Methods and Tools: 9. The comparative method and comparative reconstruction James Clackson 10. Internal reconstruction Gisella Ferraresi and Maria Goldbach 11. Corpora and quantitative methods Susan Pintzuk, Ann Taylor and Anthony Warner 12. Phylogenetic reconstruction in syntax: the parametric comparison method Giuseppe Longobardi and Cristina Guardiano Part III. Principles and Constraints: 13. Universal grammar Anders Holmberg 14. Abduction Henning Andersen 15. Transparency David W. Lightfoot 16. Uniformitarianism Ian Roberts 17. Markedness, naturalness and complexity Anna Roussou 18. Acquisition and learnability David W. Lightfoot Part IV. Major Issues and Themes: 19. The actuation problem George Walkden 20. Inertia Ian Roberts 21. Gradience and gradualness vs abruptness Marit Westergaard 22. Cyclicity Elly van Gelderen Part V. Explanations: 23. Endogenous and exogenous theories of syntactic change David Willis 24. Imperfect transmission and discontinuity David W. Lightfoot 25. Social conditioning Suzanne Romaine 26. Non-syntactic sources and triggers of syntactic change Laurel J. Brinton and Elizabeth Closs Traugott Part VI. Models and Approaches: 27. Principles and parameters Adam Ledgeway and Ian Roberts 28. Biolinguistics Cedric Boeckx, Pedro Tiago Martins and Evelina Leivada 29. Lexical-functional grammar Kersti Börjars and Nigel Vincent 30. Typological approaches Sonia Cristofaro and Paolo Ramat 31. Functional approaches Marianne Mithun.
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