Editorial: Cambridge University Press
Número de páginas: 238 págs. 15.2 x 22.9 cm
Fecha de edición: 01-02-2024
EAN: 9781108926409
ISBN: 978-1-108-92640-9
Precio (sin IVA): 30,74 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 31,97 €
In this pioneering study, a world-renowned generative syntactician explores the impact of phenomena known as 'third factors' on syntactic change. Generative syntax has in recent times incorporated third factors – factors not specific to the language faculty – into its framework, including minimal search, labelling, determinacy and economy. Van Gelderen's study applies these principles to language change, arguing that change is a cyclical process, and that third factor principles must combine with linguistic information to fully account for the cyclical development of 'optimal' language structures.