Collaborative Research on Syntactic Change: A Cross- Linguistic Approach

句法变化的合作研究：跨语言方法

• 批准号: 8712240
• 负责人: Lyle Campbell
• 金额: $ 5.08万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Albany
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-11-01 至 1988-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8712240&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Syntactic; Change; Cross

This is continuing work on cross-linguistic generalizations and principles of historical syntactic change based on research in three Eurasian language families: Finno-Ugric, Indo-European, and Caucasian; and three Mesoamerican families: Mayan, Uto- Aztecan, and Mixe-Zoquean. Specific goals are 1) characterization of syntactic evolution (mechanisms of change, implementation of change, concomitant change in other parts of the grammar), 2) statement of formal constraints on syntactic change, 3) determination of what sort of syntactic changes are possible, 4) explanation of change, and 5) relation of the current work to various competing theories of grammar. This project has already generated nearly a dozen publications and an even larger number of public presentations, and the investigators are now at work on a major volume which will contain a comprehensive treatment of diachronic syntactic change. This work will meet a basic need in linguistics, where there is only one other treatment of the topic, published six years ago and of more limited scope. Both investigators are accorded profound respect from their colleagues, in particular for the clarity of their presentation of data and of their argumentation.

这是跨语言概括的持续工作 和原则的历史句法变化的基础上研究 在三个欧亚语系中：芬兰-乌戈尔语，印欧语， 和高加索;和三个中美洲家庭：玛雅人，乌托， Aztecan和Mixe-Zoquean。 具体目标：（1） 句法演变的表征（变化机制， 实施变更，其他部分的伴随变更 2）句法上的形式约束语句 （3）确定什么样的句法变化是 可能的，4）解释的变化，和5）的关系， 目前的工作，以各种竞争理论的语法。 这个项目已经产生了近12个 出版物和更多的公开演讲， 调查人员现在正在研究一本主要的书， 将包含一个历时句法的全面处理 变化 这项工作将满足语言学的基本需要， 只有一个其他的治疗的主题，发表六 几年前和更有限的范围。 两名研究人员都是 特别是他们的同事们对他们表示了深切的敬意， 为了清楚地介绍数据， 论证