Time over Matter: Diachronic Perspectives on Morphosyntax

Time over Matter: Diachronic Perspectives on Morphosyntax

ISBN-10:
1575862816
ISBN-13:
9781575862811
Pub. Date:
03/28/2001
Publisher:
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Time over Matter: Diachronic Perspectives on Morphosyntax

Time over Matter: Diachronic Perspectives on Morphosyntax

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ISBN-13: 9781575862811
Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Publication date: 03/28/2001
Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes Series
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Miriam Butt is professor for general and computational linguistics at the University of Konstanz.

Tracy Holloway King is a principal product manager with the Search Science team at eBay Inc.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. LFG as a Model of Syntactic Change
Nigel Vincent
2. The Development of a New Passive in English
Cynthia Allen
3. Perception and Raising Verbs: Synchronic and Diachronic Relationships
Julia Barron
4. A Reexamination of the Accusative to Ergative Shift in Indo-Aryan
Miriam Butt
5. Representation and Variation: On the Development of Romance Auxiliary Syntax
Christoph Schwarze
6. Preferred Word Order and the Grammaticalization of Associated Path
Jane Simpson
7. Language Change, Lexical Features and Finnish Possessors
Ida Toivonen
Subject Index
Name Index

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