1979
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-968x.1979.tb00853.x
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The Order of Word Order Change

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“…Where no such process is at work, there is evidence that usage frequencies remain stable over long periods of time. Thus, one common explanation proferred for the shift from verb-final to verb-medial word order in the history of English is a gradual increase in the frequency of rightward extraposition of complements and adjuncts (Aitchison 1979, Stockwell 1977). 4 There is, however, no careful quantitative study of extraposition in English from a diachronic perspective that takes into account what is currently known about the syntax of the language, so the hypothesis remains a speculation.…”
Section: Change and Stabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Where no such process is at work, there is evidence that usage frequencies remain stable over long periods of time. Thus, one common explanation proferred for the shift from verb-final to verb-medial word order in the history of English is a gradual increase in the frequency of rightward extraposition of complements and adjuncts (Aitchison 1979, Stockwell 1977). 4 There is, however, no careful quantitative study of extraposition in English from a diachronic perspective that takes into account what is currently known about the syntax of the language, so the hypothesis remains a speculation.…”
Section: Change and Stabilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lightfoot 1999 for an overview). The proposed solutions range from the allegedly universal principle of harmonic branching (Vennemann 1975) and adaptation to human parsing capacities (Aitchinson 1979, Hawkins 1990 to switches from one parameter setting to another (e.g. Lightfoot 1979, Kroch 1989.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
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“…Harris Delisle (1978). Some remarks on coordination reduction in Homer can be found inAitchison (1979).22 On the interpretation of third person pronouns or NS's in coordinated sentences in English, seeChao (1986).23 More in general, there appears to be an implication between the occurrence of Null Subjects and the possible occurrence of NO's, whereby the latter implies the former, see Luraghi (forthcoming a).…”
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