Diachronic Syntax

Second Edition

Ian Roberts

November 2021

ISBN: 9780198861461

752 pages
Paperback
246x171mm

Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics

Price: £45.00

This second edition of Diachronic Syntax has been fully revised and updated throughout to cover the multiple developments in the area in the last decade. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field and including a glossary and suggestions for further reading, it will be an ideal textbook for undergraduate students of historical linguistics.

Description

This second edition of Diachronic Syntax has been fully revised and updated throughout to cover the multiple developments in the area in the last decade. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field and including a glossary and suggestions for further reading, it will be an ideal textbook for undergraduate students of historical linguistics.

 

 

• Explores multiple key questions in historical linguistics
• Written by one of the leading scholars in the field
• Draws on examples from a wide range of languages, from Latin and Old English to creoles
• Offers guidance on further reading and a comprehensive glossary of key terms

New to this edition

• Fully revised and updated throughout
• New and extended coverage of null subjects in synchrony and diachrony
• Explores major recent developments, including in parametric variation, wh-movement, and creoles and creolization