The linguistic cycle
Subtitle: language change and the language faculty
By: Elly van Gelderen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Inc.; Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780199756056; 9780199756049
Subjects: Linguistic change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgments; title: Notes for the reader and abbreviations; title: List of figures; title: List of tables; title: 1. Linguistic cycles and economy; title: Part I. 2. The subject agreement cycle; title: 3. The object agreement cycle; title: 4. The copula agreement cycle; title: Part II: 5. The dependent marking cycles; title: 6. The DP cycle; title: Part III. 7. TMA cycles; title: 8. The negative cycles; title: Part IV: 9. Typology and parameters; title: 10. Language evolution; title: 11. Conclusion; title: References.