This is a collection of state-of-the-art papers in the field of syntactic reconstruction. It treats a range of topics which are representative of current debate

During several decades, syntactic reconstruction has been more or less regarded as a bootless and an unsuccessful venture, not least due to the heavy criticism

This volume discusses topics of historical syntax from different theoretical perspectives, ranging from Indo-European studies to generative grammar, functionali

Historical linguistic theory and practice consist of a large number of chronological "layers" that have been accepted in the course of time and have acquired a

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