TY - GEN T1 - Cyclical change T2 - Linguistik aktuell ; A2 - Gelderen, Elly van LA - English PP - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia PB - John Benjamins Pub. Co. YR - 2009 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn460637649 AB - Linguistic Cycles are ever present in language change and involve a phrase or word that gradually disappears and is replaced by a new linguistic item. The most well-known cycles involve negatives, where an initial single negative, such as not, is reinforced by another negative, such as no thing, and subjects, where full pronouns are reanalyzed as endings on the verb. This book presents new data and insights on the well-known cyclical changes as well as on less well-known ones, such as the preposition, auxiliary, copula, modal, and complementation cycles. Part I covers the negative cycle with c. OP - 329 CN - P291 .C885 2009eb SN - 9789027289216 SN - 9027289212 SN - 9027255296 SN - 9789027255297 SN - 1282245244 SN - 9781282245242 SN - 9786612245244 SN - 6612245247 KW - Grammar, Comparative and general : Syntax. KW - Linguistic change. KW - Syntaxe. KW - Changement linguistique. KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY : Ancient Languages. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES : Linguistics : Historical & Comparative. KW - Grammar, Comparative and general : Syntax KW - Linguistic change KW - Electronic book. ER -