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The limits of syntactic variation /

Against the background of the past half century's typological and generative work on comparative syntax, this volume brings together 16 papers considering what we have learned and may still be able to learn about the nature and extent of syntactic variation. More specifically, it offers a multi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Biberauer, Theresa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 132.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Against the background of the past half century's typological and generative work on comparative syntax, this volume brings together 16 papers considering what we have learned and may still be able to learn about the nature and extent of syntactic variation. More specifically, it offers a multi-perspective critique of the Principles and Parameters approach to syntactic variation, evaluating the merits and shortcomings of the pre-Minimalist phase of this enterprise and considering and illustrating the possibilities opened up by recent empirical and theoretical advances. Contributions focus on f.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 521 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027290663
9027290660
1282105671
9781282105676
9786612105678
6612105674
ISSN:0166-0829 ;