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Syntactic Reconstruction

Syntactic Reconstruction is the linguistic methodology within historical comparative syntax that infers the grammatical structures of a proto-language by systematically analyzing and generalizing syntactic patterns across its attested daughter languages.

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2017–2026

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350

<b>A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles.</b> Part III, Syntax, Second Volume. Pp. ix + 415. By Otto Jespersen. Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitaetsbuchhandlung, 1927.

George O. Curme · Language · 1928 · 1.2K citations

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<b>Deep and surface structure constraints in syntax</b> . By David M. Perlmutter. New York: Holt, Rinehart &amp; Winston, 1971. Pp. xiii, 137. $6.50.

Marı́a Luisa Rivero · Language · 1973 · 671 citations

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The Blackwell Companion to Syntax

H.G.A. Hughes · Reference Reviews · 2006 · 571 citations

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Where have all the adjectives gone? and other essays in semantics and syntax. By Robert M. W. Dixon Berlin: Mouton, 1982. Pp. xiv, 256. DM 68.00.

Keith Allan · Language · 1985 · 571 citations

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Total Reconstruction, PF Movement, and Derivational Order

Uli Sauerland, Paul Elbourne · Linguistic Inquiry · 2002 · 435 citations

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Authors

489

  1. JB
    Jóhanna Barðdal

    University of Bergen, Norway

    7 publications · 345 citations

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  2. LC
    Lyle Campbell

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    5 publications · 130 citations

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  3. HL
    Hsiu-chuan Liao

    3 publications · 189 citations

    3

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  4. LP
    Ljiljana Progovac

    Wayne State University, United States

    3 publications · 136 citations

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  5. GS
    Gerard Salton

    Cornell University, United States

    3 publications · 96 citations

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Institutions

207

  1. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    403 citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    376 citations

  3. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    391 citations

  4. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    290 citations

  5. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    157 citations

  6. Wayne State University

    Detroit, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    162 citations

  7. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    250 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    510 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    40 publications · 5.9K citations

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  2. Lingua

    16 publications · 866 citations

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  3. Oceanic Linguistics

    10 publications · 580 citations

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  4. Linguistic Inquiry

    10 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Syntax

    9 publications · 707 citations

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