In:Historical Linguistics: A cognitive grammar introduction
Margaret E. Winters
[Not in series 227] 2020
► pp. 143–168
Chapter 7Syntactic change
Published online: 8 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.227.c7
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.227.c7
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 1.1The nature of syntax
- 1.2Diachronic syntax
- 1.2.1Structural approaches and feasibility
- 1.2.2Reconstruction
- 1.2.3What to do?
- 1.2.4Rate of change
- 2.Word order
- 2.1Simple word order change
- 2.2Universals and universal tendencies
- 2.3Iconicity
- 2.4The analytic-synthetic cycle
- 3.Reanalysis and grammaticalization
- 3.1The Latin and Romance passive
- 3.2Complementation and subordinate clauses
- 4.Conclusions
- Exercises
- For further investigation
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