Syntactic effects of morphological change
By: edited by David W. Lightfoot.
Contributors: Lightfoot, David, 1945-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphosyntax -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Discussing the nature and causes of language change, the authors of this text consider how far changes in morphology cause changes in syntax, and examine such phenomena from the perspective of syntactic and psycholinguistic theory.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-404) and index.
"The papers making up this collection were presented in some early form at the sixth meeting of the Diachronic Generative Syntax series, DIGS VI, held at the University of Maryland in May 2000"--Foreword.