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This book offers an original account of the dynamics of syntactic change and the evolving structure of Old Spanish that combines rigorous manuscript-based investigation, quantitative analysis and a syntactic approach grounded in Minimalist thinking. Its analysis of both successful and failed changes demonstrates the degree of unpredictability caused by the interaction of competing factors and will shed fresh light on the assumed unidirectionality of linguistic change. Importantly, it reveals that Old Spanish and modern Spanish are more similar to one another than is usually supposed and demonstrates that many of the differences between the two varieties are quantitative rather than qualitative.
Author(s): Mackenzie IE
Publication type: Authored Book
Publication status: Published
Year: 2019
Number of Pages: 256
Print publication date: 01/04/2019
Acceptance date: 23/10/2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
URL: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030105662
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10567-9
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9783030105662
