LINGUIST List 17.3387

Sun Nov 19 2006

Books: Sociolinguistics/Syntax: Roberts

Editor for this issue: Maria Moreno-Rollins <marialinguistlist.org>

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Directory         1.    Jenny Breaker, Diachronic Syntax: Roberts

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Message 1: Diachronic Syntax: Roberts
Date: 15-Nov-2006
From: Jenny Breaker <jenny.breakeroup.com>
Subject: Diachronic Syntax: Roberts


Title: Diachronic Syntax Series Title: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics Published: 2006 Publisher: Oxford University Press
                http://www.oup.com/us

Book URL: http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199253982

Author: Ian G. Roberts Hardback: ISBN: 0199283664 Pages: 528 Price: U.K. £ 60.00
Paperback: ISBN: 0199253986 Pages: 528 Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Abstract:

This book shows how the generative approach to linguistics may be used tounderstand how languages change. Ian Roberts explains how generative theorycan throw light on central questions in historical linguistics, includingword-order change, grammaticalization, and reanalysis. He examines thelinks between syntactic change and first-language acquisition and considersthe effects of language contact. He provides numerous examples from a rangeof different languages, guides to further reading, and a comprehensiveglossary. This is the ideal textbook introduction for students of syntacticchange.

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics                             Syntax
Written In: English (eng )

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