Language Structure, Variation and Change

The Case of Old Spanish Syntax

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This book offers an original account of the dynamics of syntactic change and the evolving structure of Old Spanish that combines rigorous manuscript-based investigation, quantitative analysis and a syntactic approach grounded in Minimalist thinking.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-03-19
Mått:148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt:508 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:291
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030105662

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Ian E. Mackenzie is Professor of Spanish Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of seven books, as well as numerous articles in the fields of syntax, semantics and diachronic linguistics.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Preliminary Concepts: Old Spanish, How to Measure the Speed of Change and the Structure of the Corpus.- Chapter 2. Constituent Fronting: Focus, Discourse and Fashion.- Chapter 3. Clitic Linearization: A Tale of Successful and Failed Changes.- Chapter 4. DP Structure: From Multiple Determiners to Just One.- Chapter 5. The wh-System: Free Relatives, Double Articulation and Free Choice.- Chapter 6. Negation: Dispensing with the Clutter.- Conclusion: Change and Continuity.Appendix.References.Index.