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    Portuguese Relative Clauses in Synchrony and Diachrony by Cardoso, Adriana;

    Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics; 22;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 19 October 2017

    • ISBN 9780198723783
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages368 pages
    • Size 241x163x27 mm
    • Weight 688 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    This book explores language variation and change from the perspective of generative syntax, based on a case study of relative clauses in Portuguese and other languages. It offers a comparative account of three linguistic phenomena in the synchrony and diachrony of Portuguese and an overview of competing theoretical analyses.

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    Long description:

    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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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Remnant-internal relativization
    Extraposition of restrictive relative clauses
    Appositive relativization
    Conclusion
    References
    Index

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