| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 521 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today,
0166-0829 ; v. 132
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 132.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Principles and parameters (Linguistics)
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Principles and parameters (Linguistics) |
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Language and languages -- Variation. |
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Language acquisition.
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Language acquisition. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Biberauer, Theresa.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Limits of syntactic variation. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008 9789027255150 9027255156 (DLC) 2008024028 (OCoLC)231680127 |
| ISBN |
9789027290663 (electronic book) |
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9027290660 (electronic book) |
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1282105671 |
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9781282105676 |
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9789027255150 |
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9027255156 |
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