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CATEGORIES:Cambridge University Linguistic Society (LingSoc)
SUMMARY:From morphology to syntax or the other way around:
  Re-thinking the directionality of change in histo
 rical syntax - Dr Chris Reintges (CNRS-Université 
 Paris 7 and Leiden University Centre for Linguisti
 cs)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20081113T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20081113T183000
UID:TALK14675AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/14675
DESCRIPTION:In the principles-and-parameters approach to diach
 ronic syntax\, differences in grammatical structur
 e between successive historical stages are derived
  from the resetting of a parameter value. In Rober
 ts & Roussou’s (2003) system\, the locus of parame
 ter change is the morphological expression of para
 meters. The non-convergence with the target gramma
 r is brought about by the ambiguity or loss of a m
 orphological trigger\, which initiates the reanaly
 sis of an input string in terms of a simpler repre
 sentation. The directionality of change is therefo
 re from morphology to syntax\, with morphological 
 change entailing the loss of formal marking. I pro
 pose a more fine-grained typology of the relation 
 between morphological and syntactic change.	\n\nTh
 e central hypothesis is that the locus of syntacti
 c change is syntactic variation\, where syntactic 
 variation is defined as the co-existence of variou
 s sentence patterns (word orders) in one language 
 to express the same basic proposition with subtle 
 distinctions in meaning. In enhancing the expressi
 ve power of the language\, syntactic variation is 
 an integral part of the syntax and so is syntactic
  change. Syntactic variation itself is restricted\
 , because it is tied to syntactic processes such a
 s movement. I will present a case of INCREASING mo
 rphological complexity (the extension and paradigm
 atic organization of the tense/aspect/mood system 
 in the later stages of Ancient Egyptian) and argue
  that it represents a regular and systematic type 
 of morphological change that comes forth from regu
 lar syntactic change (expansion of the topic/focus
  field\; shrinking of the vP domain). 
LOCATION:GR06-7\, English Faculty\, 9 West Road (Sidgwick S
 ite)
CONTACT:Elliot Lash
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