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Historical Linguistics: A cognitive grammar introduction
Margaret E. Winters
[Not in series 227] 2020
► pp. 143–168

Chapter 7
Syntactic change

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
  • Notes