Parameter hierarchies and universal grammar /

In this book, Ian Roberts argues that the essential insight of the principles-and-parameters approach to variation can be maintained - albeit in a somewhat different guise - in the context of the minimalist programme. The book represents a significant new contribution to the formal study of cross-li...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Roberts, Ian G. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Rethinking comparative syntax.
Subjects:	Principles and parameters (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax. Principes et paramètres (Linguistique) Syntaxe. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax. Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Parameters
Word order and the final-over-final condition
Null subjects
Incorporation
Verb-movement
Case and alignment
Wh-movement and negation
Conclusion: towards a minimalist theory of syntactic variation
References
Index of languages
Index of names
Subject index.