The Limits of Syntactic Variation
Editor
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 four central topics: firstly, the question of the locus of variation, whether the attested variation may plausibly be understood in parametric terms and, if so, what form such parameters might take; secondly, the fate of one of the most prominent early parameters, the Null Subject Parameter; thirdly, the matter of parametric clusters more generally; and finally, acquisition issues.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 132] 2008. vii, 521 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 12 June 2009
Published online on 12 June 2009
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Table of Contents
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Preface & Acknowledgements | p. vii
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Introduction | pp. 7–72
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I. The locus of (parametric) variation
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Parametric versus functional explanations of syntactic universalsMartin Haspelmath | pp. 75–107
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Three fundamental issues in parametric linguisticsChiara Gianollo, Cristina Guardiano and Giuseppe Longobardi | pp. 109–142
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On the syntactic flexibility of formal featuresHedde Zeijlstra | pp. 143–173
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Expletives, datives, and the tension between morphology and syntaxRichard S. Kayne | pp. 175–217
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Mapping a parochial lexicon onto a universal semanticsGillian Ramchand and Peter Svenonius | pp. 219–245
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Aspect matters in the middleMarika Lekakou | pp. 247–294
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II. A classic parameter revisited: the null-subject parameter
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The null subject parameter and correlating properties: The case of Creole languagesMarco Nicolis | pp. 271–294
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The Case-F valuation parameter in RomanceGerardo Fernández-Salgueiro | pp. 295–310
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Silent arguments without pro: The case of BasqueMaia Duguine | pp. 311–329
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Case morphology and radical pro-dropAd Neeleman and Kriszta Szendröi | pp. 331–348
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III. Parametric clustering
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The macroparameter in a microparametric worldMark C. Baker | pp. 351–373
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Topic prominence and null subjectsMarcello Modesto | pp. 375–409
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Non-configurationality: Free word order and argument drop in TurkishBalkız Öztürk | pp. 411–440
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Diachronic stability and feature interpretabilityE. Phoevos Panagiotidis | pp. 441–456
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III. The acquisition of parameters
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Can children tell us anything we did not know about parameter clustering?Larisa Avram and Martine Coene | pp. 459–482
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Parameter setting and input reductionArnold Ernest Evers and Jacqueline van Kampen | pp. 483–515
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Index | pp. 517–521
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General