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Comparative Historical Syntax

Comparative Historical Syntax is a subfield of historical linguistics that systematically examines syntactic structures across genetically related languages to reconstruct and analyze their common ancestral patterns and divergent evolutionary developments.

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Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals

Michael Dunn, Simon J. Greenhill, Stephen C. Levinson et al. · Nature · 2011 · 538 citations · Full text

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<b>The evolution of French syntax</b> : A comparative approach. By Martin Harris. (Linguistics library, 22.) London: Longman, 1978. Pp. ix, 268.

William J. Ashby · Language · 1983 · 383 citations

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Whether We Agree or Not

S.-Y. Kuroda · Lingvisticae Investigationes · 1988 · 371 citations

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The Origins of Syntax in Discourse: A Case Study of Tok Pisin Relatives

Gillian Sankoff, Penelope Brown · Language · 1976 · 362 citations · Full text

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<b>Verbs and diachronic syntax:</b> A comparative history of English and French. By Ian G. Roberts Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1993. Pp. x, 373. Cloth $134.00.

David A. Lightfoot · Language · 1994 · 299 citations

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Authors

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  1. SD
    Scott DeLancey

    University of Oregon, United States

    4 publications · 209 citations

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  2. CG
    Cristina Guardiano

    University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

    3 publications · 269 citations

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  3. LP
    Ljiljana Progovac

    Wayne State University, United States

    3 publications · 158 citations

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  4. GL
    Giuseppe Longobardi

    University of Trieste, Italy

    3 publications · 269 citations

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  5. JB
    Jóhanna Barðdal

    University of Bergen, Norway

    3 publications · 151 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

    Modena, Italy

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    307 citations

  3. University of Trieste

    Trieste, Italy

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    288 citations

  4. Wayne State University

    Detroit, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    184 citations

  5. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    434 citations

  7. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    166 citations

  8. University of Oregon

    Eugene, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    117 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    11 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. Linguistics

    3 publications · 166 citations

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  3. Journal of Historical Linguistics

    2 publications · 112 citations

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  4. Linguistic Discovery

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  5. Transactions of the Philological Society

    2 publications · 143 citations

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