Diachronic Syntax - Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics

Ian G. Roberts

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Publisher's Synopsis

This text considers syntactic change from the perspective of generative theory. It explains how diachronic generative theory may be used in the study of linguistic change in different languages & shows how diachronic generative syntax links with the study of first-language acquisition, computional linguistics & sociolinguistics.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780199283668
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	04 Jan 2007
DEWEY:	415
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	418
Weight:	967g
Height:	253mm
Width:	175mm
Spine width:	33mm