Table of contents
Preface & Acknowledgementsvii
Introduction
I. The locus of (parametric) variation
Parametric versus functional explanations of syntactic universals
Three fundamental issues in parametric linguistics
On the syntactic flexibility of formal features
Expletives, datives, and the tension between morphology and syntax
Mapping a parochial lexicon onto a universal semantics
Aspect matters in the middle
II. A classic parameter revisited: the null-subject parameter
The null subject parameter and correlating properties: The case of Creole languages
The Case-F valuation parameter in Romance
Silent arguments without pro: The case of Basque
Case morphology and radical pro-drop
III. Parametric clustering
The macroparameter in a microparametric world
Topic prominence and null subjects
Non-configurationality: Free word order and argument drop in Turkish
Diachronic stability and feature interpretability
III. The acquisition of parameters
Can children tell us anything we did not know about parameter clustering?
Parameter setting and input reduction
Index
This article is available free of charge.