TY - BOOK
T1 - Grammaticalization and Parametric Variation
AU - Batllori, Montserrat
AU - Hernanz, Maria Lluïsa
AU - Picallo, Carme
AU - Roca, Francesc
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - © Editorial matter and organization Montserrat Batllori, Maria-Llusa Hernanz, Carme Picallo, and Francesc Roca 2005. All rights reserved. In this book the methods and theories of formal syntax are focussed on grammatical variation and change. The book opens with a detailed 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 part concerned with grammaticalization and the second part 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. The chapters 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.
AB - © Editorial matter and organization Montserrat Batllori, Maria-Llusa Hernanz, Carme Picallo, and Francesc Roca 2005. All rights reserved. In this book the methods and theories of formal syntax are focussed on grammatical variation and change. The book opens with a detailed 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 part concerned with grammaticalization and the second part 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. The chapters 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.
KW - Contemporary theories
KW - Formal syntax
KW - Grammatical change
KW - Grammatical variation
KW - Grammaticialization
KW - Parametric variation
KW - Syntactic change
U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272129.001.0001
DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272129.001.0001
M3 - Book
SN - 9780191709821
SN - 9780199272129
BT - Grammaticalization and Parametric Variation
ER -