Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2004
Editor
| CNRS, Paris
Associate Editors
| Leiden University
| Catholic University Brussels
The Linguistic Variation Yearbook is exclusively devoted to the study of the nature and scope of linguistic variation from the point of view of the minimalist program. In this perspective, the yearbook aims at going beyond the traditional tension between explanatory and descriptive adequacy. It seeks in particular to investigate to what extent the study of linguistic variation can shed light on the broader issue of language particular vs. language universal properties and design.
The Linguistic Variation Yearbook publishes annually a collection of (invited) articles on a theme that is current in and important to the research on linguistic variation within the generative framework. The focus is on comparative studies, such as research on typology and dialect variation.
[Linguistic Variation Yearbook, 4] 2004. iv, 302 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionJeroen van Craenenbroeck & Johan Rooryck | pp. 1–3
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The universal force of free choice anyVeneeta Dayal | pp. 5–40
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Nominal classes, reference, and functional parameters, with particular reference to ArabicAbdelkader Fassi Fehri | pp. 41–108
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Spelling-Out ScramblingNaoki Fukui & Hironobu Kasai | pp. 109–141
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On the syntactic expression of pejorative moodKleanthes K. Grohmann & Andrew Nevins | pp. 143–179
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Against a parameter-setting approach to typological variationFrederick J. Newmeyer | pp. 181–234
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Meaningful silence, meaningless soundsHalldór Ármann Sigurdsson | pp. 235–259
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A minimalist approach to the re-grammaticalization of morphology: Chinese verbal ‑le as aspect and tenseZoe Wu | pp. 261–297
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Indexpp. 299–301
Articles
Miscellaneous
Subjects
BIC Subject: CFK – Grammar, syntax
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General