Syntactic Effects of Morphological Change

David Lightfoot's collection explores a central aspect of language change: the nature and degree to which changes in morphology (inflectional word endings, for example) cause changes in syntax (for example, in word order). The 22 contributors consider such phenomena within the context of Chomsky's minimalist revision of his principles (of universal grammar) and parameters (of individual languages) theory. They also address some of the main unanswered problems associated with Professor Lightfoot's hypothesis that all grammatical change is driven by the way in which children acquire language. These questions are discussed in the context of a wide range of languages by distinguished scholars from around the world. There are 21 chapters divided into 4 parts: Morphologically Driven Changes, Indirect Links Between Morphology and Syntax, Independent Changes in Movement Operations, and Computer Simulations.

ISBN 0199250693   Pages 422 ISBN13 9780199250691 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Oxford University Press   Weight (grammes) 606 Imprint Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Series title Oxford linguistics Publication date 27 Jun 2002   Height (mm) 230 Library of Congress 2002512393   Width (mm) 150 DEWEY 415   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate

		Notes on contributors
		Foreword
1		Introduction by David W. Lightfoot		1
2		The History of the Future by Ian Roberts and Anna Roussou		23
3		Case and Middle English Genitive Noun Phrases by Cynthia L. Allen		57
4		Split Constituents within NP in the History of English: Commentary on Allen by Zeljko Boskovic		81
5		Inflectional Morphology and the Loss of Verb-Second in English by Eric Haeberli		88
6		The Rise of the To-Dative in Middle English by Thomas McFadden		107
7		Double Objects and Morphological Triggers for Syntactic Case by Chiara Polo		124
8		Cue-Based Change: Inflection and Subjects in the History of Portuguese Infinitives by Acrisio Pires		143
9		Morphology and Null Subjects in Brazilian Portuguese by Cilene Rodrigues		160
10		Loss of Overt Wh-Movement in Old Japanese by Akira Watanabe		179
11		Changes in Subject Case Marking in Icelandic by Thorhallur Eythorsson		196
12		A Reinterpretation of the Loss of Verb-Second in Welsh by Dirk Bury		215
13		The Loss of IP-Scrambling in Portuguese: Clause Structure, Word-Order Variation and Change by Ana Maria Martins		232
14		Residual V-to-I by Dianne Jonas		251
15		Syntax and Morphology are Different: Commentary on Jonas by Stephen R. Anderson		271
16		Verb-Object Order in Old English: Variation as Grammatical Competition by Susan Pintzuk		276
17		VO or OV? That's the Underlying Question: Commentary on Pintzuk by Jairo Nunes		300
18		Movement, Morphology, and Learnability by Susana Bejar		307
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		Index		405

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