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This book seeks to answer the questions: why do grammars change, and why is the rate of such change so variable? A principal focus is on changes in English between the Anglo-Saxon and early modern periods. The author frames his analysis in a comparative framework with extended discussions of language change in a wide range of other Indo-European languages. He deploys Chomsky's minimalist framework in a fruitful marriage of comparative and theoretical linguistics within an argument that will be accessible to practitioners in both fields.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780198299608
  • ISBN-10: 0198299605
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date: May 2002
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.06 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.89 pounds
  • Page Count: 488

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