Syntactic Change

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A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization

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Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

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The phenomenon of grammaticalization - the historical process whereby new grammatical material is created - has attracted a great deal of attention within linguistics. This is an attempt to provide a general account of this phenomenon in terms of a formal theory of syntax. Using Chomsky's Minimalist Program for linguistic theory, Roberts and Roussou show how this approach gives rise to a number of important conceptual and theoretical issues concerning the nature of functional categories and the form of parameters, as well as the relation of both of these to language change. Drawing on examples from a wide range of languages, they construct a general account of grammaticalization with implications for linguistic theory and language acquisition.

Author Biography:

Ian Roberts is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. Anna Roussou is Assistant Professor at the University of Patras, Greece.

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June 19th, 2008

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Professional & Vocational

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5 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

288

Series

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

Dimensions

152x229x17

ISBN-13

9780521066846

Product ID

2575353

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