Diachronic Syntax

Linguistic theory has undergone deep changes since the early 1990''s given the widespread impact of Chomsky''s Minimalist Programme Kayne''s Antisymmetry Theory and Kayne''s Theory of Overt Movement. This work has brought into sharper focus questions concerning the architecture of linguistic theory that have a direct impact on our understanding of the process of change. Here Pintzuk Tsoulas and Warner have brought together chapters which demonstrate the pivotal position of historical syntax within the larger domain of research into the nature use and acquisition of language. They show how current work in historical syntax is responsive to theoretical advances in linguistic theory language acquisition sociolinguistics and theories of language use as well as to less adjacent fields such as statistical techniques and evolutionary biology.