Morphosyntactic change
Subtitle: functional and formal perspectives
By: Olga Fischer.
Series: Oxford surveys in syntax and morphology
Publisher: Oxford Univerity Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9780199267057; 9780199267040
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphosyntax; Linguistic change; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization; Generative grammar
Description: A critical comparison of morphosyntactic change and the mechanisms that trigger it, this book shows how changes in discourse, lexicon, semantics, pragmatics, and sound interact with changes in morphosyntax, and considers the interface between the internal and external factors of change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-359) and indexes.