Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change

By D. Gary Miller

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198299605
• ISBN13: 9780198299608
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"