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The Limits of Syntactic VariationEdited by Theresa Biberauer
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 132] 2008
► pp. 351–373
The macroparameter in a microparametric world
This paper considers the role of macroparameters in parametric theory. Itis argued that a system in which all syntactic variation is ascribed solely tomicroparametric differences in the make-up of functional heads, as assumedunder the so-called Borer-Chomsky Conjecture, cannot account for actuallyattested patterns of variation. In the word-order domain, for example, the factsseem to point to the kind of bimodal distribution expected on a macroparametricview, with microparameters accounting for the observed “noise”. A similarscenario is also argued to obtain in the domain of agreement, once two newmacroparameters, presented here, are taken into account.
Published online: 17 September 2008
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.132.16bak
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.132.16bak
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