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  title info:
    title: Linguistic variation in the minimalist framework
  name:
    name part: Picallo, M. Carme
    role:
      role term: editor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: Leading scholars in the field tackle a variety of current issues in linguistic variation from a minimalist perspective, including the role of parameters, the significance of syntactic factors in language variation, and the conditions imposed by narrow syntax.
  table of contents: Cover; Linguistic Variation in the Minimalist Framework; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Notes on contributors; List of abbreviations; 1: Introduction: Syntactic variation and Minimalist inquiries; 1.1 The framework; 1.2 An overview of the volume; 1.2.1 Part I. The parametric approach:The PP revisited view; 1.2.2 Part II. Variation without parameters; Part I The Parametric Approach: The PP Revisited View; 2: On the elements of syntactic variation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Origins of the parametric approach; 2.3 Some problems with the initial parametric model
  table of contents: 2.4 From 'parameters expressed in principles' to 'parameters in the functional lexicon'2.5 The theory of parameters in current models; 2.6 On the numerosity of parameters; 2.7 Broadening the picture: Language faculty vs. language as culture; 2.8 On the early acquisition of abstract grammatical properties; 2.9 Some experimental evidence; 2.10 Conclusions; 3: Types of cross-linguistic variation in case assignment; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Implications of a typology of agreement for case assignment; 3.3 Modalities of case assignment in Sakha (Turkic)
  table of contents: 3.4 On ergative case marking and its distribution3.5 Specificity of the object and dependent case marking; 3.6 Tense-Aspect splits and dependent case marking; 3.7 Variable case-marking languages versus consistent case-marking languages; 3.8 Conclusions; 4: Parameters and the three factors of language design; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 On the existence of parameters; 4.3 The three factors in linguistic phenomena; 4.4 Three factors in language variation; 4.5 On narrow-syntactic parameters; 4.6 Case study: Answers to yes/no questions; 4.7 Conclusion
  table of contents: 5: Cross-linguistic variation in the syntax of subjects5.1 Introduction: On language variation; 5.2 Variation in subject placement in interrogative sentences; 5.2.1 English, German, etc.: Subject DP-verb inversion; 5.2.2 Northern Italian dialects (NIDs) and French: Subject clitic-verb inversion; 5.2.3 French Complex Inversion; 5.2.4 Italian: TP-internal verb movement; 5.2.5 Intermediate conclusion; 5.2.6 Some related properties: Subject PPs; 5.2.7 Optional vs. obligatory verb movement; 5.2.8 Clitic/weak vs. strong subjects; 5.2.9 Some generalizations
  table of contents: 5.2.10 An account based on phases and feature inheritance5.3 Micro-variation in pro-drop; 5.3.1 Italian vs. NIDs; 5.3.2 Is pro-drop UG-restricted?; 5.3.3 A different account; 5.3.4 On 2nd person singular pronouns and Italian subjunctives; 5.3.5 On syncretisms; 5.4 Conclusion; 6: Contact and change in a Minimalist theory of variation; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Datives in Central and Western Basque; 6.2.1 Dative case; 6.2.2 Case, agreement, and the pre-dative suffix; 6.3 Changes in the North-Eastern varieties; 6.3.1 Spatial datives; 6.3.2 Datives in complex postpositions
  target audience: specialized
  note: M. Carme Picallo.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Linguistics
  subject:
    topic: Language and languages
    topic: Variation
  subject:
    topic: Linguistique
  subject:
    topic: Variation (Linguistique)
  subject:
    topic: linguistics
  subject:
    topic: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
    topic: Linguistics
    topic: Historical & Comparative
  subject:
    topic: Language and languages
    topic: Variation
  subject:
    topic: Linguistics
  classification: P126
  classification: 410.1
  classification: 17.50
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    origin info:
      publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014
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    record creation date: 140307
    record change date: 20260319160131.1
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