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This book presents a new perspective on the interaction between word-order and grammaticalisation by investigating the changes that stylistic fronting and obliq
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Change is an inherent feature of all aspects of language, and syntax is no exception. While the synchronic study of syntax allows us to make discoveries about t
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Berwick and Chomsky draw on recent developments in linguistic theory to offer an evolutionary account of language and humans' remarkable, species-specific abili