This volume explores word order change within the framework of diachronic generative
syntax. Word order is at the core of natural language grammatical systems, linking syntax …

One main way in which natural languages differ is in their word order. For example, auxiliary
verbs (Aux) can precede or follow content verbs in both verb-object (VO) and object-verb …

Word order and language change. On the interface between syntax and morphology Page
1 Word order and language change. On the interface between syntax and morphology …

Recent years have seen intense debates between formal (generative) and functional
linguists, particularly with respect to the relation between grammar and usage. This debate …

" The chapters in this volume address the process of syntactic change at different
granularities. The language-particular component of a grammar is now usually assumed to …

This paper examines the correlations between word order at the clause level and word order
at the noun phrase level in languages with no dominant genitive order. In this perspective …

This volume brings together the latest diachronic research on syntactic features and their
role in restricting syntactic change. The chapters address a central theoretical issue in …

Since Latin allowed word order variation and discontinuous constituents, it is a common
misconception among linguists that its word order was indiscriminately free. Latin word order …

This article presents a critical discussion of Inertia Theory (Longobardi 2001; 2003),
according to which syntactic change never originates in syntax itself. We argue that syntactic …

Volumes in this series will be functionally and typologically oriented, covering specific topics
in language by collecting together data from a wide variety of languages and language …