Language Structure, Variation and Change : The Case of Old Spanish Syntax /: The Case of Old Spanish Syntax. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian E. Mackenzie.
• Authors: Mackenzie, Ian E
• Contents: Chapter 1. Preliminary Concepts: Old Spanish, How to Measure the Speed of Change and the Structure of the Corpus.- Chapter 2. Constituent Fronting: Focus, Discourse and Fashion.- Chapter 3. Clitic Linearization: A Tale of Successful and Failed Changes.- Chapter 4. DP Structure: From Multiple Determiners to Just One.- Chapter 5. The wh-System: Free Relatives, Double Articulation and Free Choice.- Chapter 6. Negation: Dispensing with the Clutter.- Conclusion: Change and Continuity.Appendix.References.Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (291 pages)
• Subjects: Linguistics; Grammar, Comparative and general; Linguistic change; Romance languages; Sociolinguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics; Foreign Language Study -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Historical & comparative linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Grammar & Punctuation; Grammar, syntax & morphology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030105679
• Related ISBNs: 9783030105662
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