Portuguese Relative Clauses in Synchrony and Diachrony

Name: Portuguese Relative Clauses in Synchrony and Diachrony
Brand: Oxford University Press(UK)
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By Adriana Cardoso

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This book explores language variation and change from the perspective of generative syntax, based on a case study of relative clauses in contemporary European Portuguese and earlier stages of Portuguese. Adriana Cardoso offers a comparative account of three linguistic phenomena in the synchrony and diachrony of Portuguese-remnant-internal relativization, extraposition of restrictive relative clauses, and appositive relativization-and shows that the changes affecting these structures conspired to reduce the patterns of nominal discontinuity available in the language. Adopting a cross-linguistic perspective, she additionally shows that this series of changes transformed Portuguese from a 'Germanic-like' language, with a wide range of phrasal discontinuities, to a 'non-Germanic type', with more restricted patterns of discontinuity. The volume will be of particular interest to scholars working on Portuguese syntax, but also to Romance linguists and all those interested in historical and comparative syntax more widely.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 368
Release Date:: 2017-12-19
Publication Date:: 2017-12-01
Publisher:: Oxford University Press(UK)
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0198723784
ISBN13:: 9780198723783
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 716 g
Height:: 16.1 cm
Width:: 24 cm
Thickness:: 2.4 cm

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