In this outstanding collection of new work the methods and theories of formal syntax are focussed on grammatical variation and change. The editors open the volume with an extensive and accessible introduction to the ideas and techniques deployed in the book and the phenomena and issues on which they are brought to bear. Seventeen chapters follow, divided into two parts, the first concerned with grammaticalization and the second with parametric variation. These showwhat the application of contemporary theories of syntax and language variation can reveal about syntactic change and variation and the processes of parametric change which lie behind them. They also demonstrate the value of testing and constructing synchronic theories on the basis of historical data.The analyses range over many languages and language families, including Germanic, Romance, Greek, and Chinese.This book will interest scholars and students of grammatical change and theory at graduate level and above.

In this outstanding collection of new work the methods and theories of formal syntax are focussed on grammatical variation and change. The editors open the volume with an extensive and accessible introduction to the ideas and techniques deployed in the book and the phenomena and issues on which they are brought to bear. Seventeen chapters follow, divided into two parts, the first concerned with grammaticalization and the second with parametric variation. These show what the application of contemporary theories of syntax and language variation can reveal about syntactic change and variation and the processes of parametric change which lie behind them. They also demonstrate the value of testing and constructing synchronic theories on the basis of historical data. The analyses range over many languages and language families, including Germanic, Romance, Greek, and Chinese. This book will interest scholars and students of grammatical change and theory at graduate level and above.

El libro relata la historia contada por la protagonista, Alba, que en su vejez, revive una mgica poca de su niez que le marc la vida a ella y a su hermano Daniel.En un bosque cercano, conocen a un bho, Uh, que habla y se convierte en su tutor. Les ir presentando a muchos ms animales, de cada uno de los cuales aprenden algo importante. Aplicando lo aprendido, consiguen manejar su entorno e, incluso, educar a sus propios padres, quienes cambian su actitud radicalmente.Leyendo este libro, los adolescentes pueden aprender, los padres reflexionar y los abuelos llorar.

In this outstanding collection of new work the methods and theories of formal syntax are focussed on grammatical variation and change. The editors open the volume with an extensive and accessible introduction to the ideas and techniques deployed in the book and the phenomena and issues on which they are brought to bear. Seventeen chapters follow, divided into two parts, the first concerned with grammaticalization and the second with parametric variation. These showwhat the application of contemporary theories of syntax and language variation can reveal about syntactic change and variation and the processes of parametric change which lie behind them. They also demonstrate the value of testing and constructing synchronic theories on the basis of historical data.The analyses range over many languages and language families, including Germanic, Romance, Greek, and Chinese.This book will interest scholars and students of grammatical change and theory at graduate level and above.

In this outstanding collection of new work the methods and theories of formal syntax are focussed on grammatical variation and change. The editors open the volume with an extensive and accessible introduction to the ideas and techniques deployed in the book and the phenomena and issues on which they are brought to bear. Seventeen chapters follow, divided into two parts, the first concerned with grammaticalization and the second with parametric variation. These show what the application of contemporary theories of syntax and language variation can reveal about syntactic change and variation and the processes of parametric change which lie behind them. They also demonstrate the value of testing and constructing synchronic theories on the basis of historical data. The analyses range over many languages and language families, including Germanic, Romance, Greek, and Chinese. This book will interest scholars and students of grammatical change and theory at graduate level and above.

El libro relata la historia contada por la protagonista, Alba, que en su vejez, revive una mgica poca de su niez que le marc la vida a ella y a su hermano Daniel.En un bosque cercano, conocen a un bho, Uh, que habla y se convierte en su tutor. Les ir presentando a muchos ms animales, de cada uno de los cuales aprenden algo importante. Aplicando lo aprendido, consiguen manejar su entorno e, incluso, educar a sus propios padres, quienes cambian su actitud radicalmente.Leyendo este libro, los adolescentes pueden aprender, los padres reflexionar y los abuelos llorar.