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This book shows how the generative approach to linguistics may be used to understand how languages change. Generative diachronic syntax has developed since the inception of the principles and parameters approach to comparative syntax in the early 1980s: it has become increasingly important in historical linguistics and generative theory, acting as a bridge between them and providing insights to both. Ian Roberts relates work in historical linguistics to contemporary work on universal grammar and
Who reads Diachronic Syntax (Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ian G Roberts; ProQuest (Firm)
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191536243
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Historical Fiction, Language Learning
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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