Description: Rethinking Parameters, Hardcover by Eguren, Luis (EDT); Fernandez-soriano, Olga (EDT); Mendikoetxea, Amaya (EDT), ISBN 019046173X, ISBN-13 9780190461737, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK Parameters of linguistic variation were originally conceived, within the chomskyan Principles and Parameters Theory, as UG-determined options that were associated with grammatical principles and had a rich deductive structure. This characterization of parametric differences among languages has changed significantly over the years, especially so with the advent of Minimalism. This book collects a representative sample of current generative research on the status, origin and size of parameters. Often taking diverging views, the papers in the volume address some or all of the main debated topics in parametric syntax: . are parameters provided by UG, or do they constitute emergent properties arising from points of underspecification?; in which component(s) of the language faculty are parameters to be found?; do clustering effects actually hold across languages?; do macroparameters exist alongside microparameters?; are there parameter hierarchies?; which is the origin and role of parameters in the process of language acquisition? The volume is organized into two parts. Part I ("The nature of variation and parameters") brings together studies whose main goal is to discuss general issues related to parameters (or variation more generally). Part II ("Parameters in the analysis of language variation: case studies") includes a number of works that deal with the empirical basis and proper formulation of well-known particular parameters: the Null Subject Parameter, the NP/DP Parameter, the Compounding Parameter, the Wh-Parameter and the Analyticity Parameter.
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Book Title: Rethinking Parameters
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
Publication Name: Rethinking Parameters
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Item Height: 236 mm
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Study Guide
Item Weight: 802 g
Subject Area: Data Analysis
Author: Amaya Mendikoetxea, Luis Eguren, Olga Fernandez-Soriano
Item Width: 162 mm
Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax
Format: Hardcover
