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.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Principles and parameters (Linguistics)
Language and languages > Variation.
Language acquisition.
Syntaxe.
Principes et paramètres (Linguistique)
Variation (Linguistique)
Langage > Acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Limits of Syntactic Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Introduction; 2. The non-randomness of syntactic variation; 3. Accounting for limits on syntactic variation; 4. The locus of parametric variation; 5. A classic parameter revisited: The Null Subject Parameter; 6. Parametric clustering; 7. The acquisition of parameters; References; Part 1 The locus of (parametric) variation; Parametric versus functional explanations of syntactic universals*; Three fundamental issues in parametric linguistics.

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