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Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar (Hardcover)
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Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar (Hardcover)
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This book develops a minimalist approach to cross-linguistic
morphosyntactic variation. Ian Roberts argues that the essential
insight of the principles-and-parameters approach to variation can
be maintained - albeit in a somewhat different guise - in the
context of the minimalist programme for linguistic theory. The
central idea is to organize the parameters of Universal Grammar
(UG) into hierarchies that define the ways in which properties of
individually variant categories and features may act in concert. A
further leading idea, which is consistent with the overall goal of
the minimalist programme to reduce the content of UG, is that the
parameter hierarchies are not directly determined by UG, and are
instead emergent properties stemming from the interaction of the
three factors in language design. Cross-linguistic variation in
word order, null subjects, incorporation, verb-movement,
case/alignment, wh-movement, and negation are all analysed in the
light of this approach. This book represents a significant new
contribution to the formal study of cross-linguistic
morphosyntactic variation on both the empirical and theoretical
levels, and will appeal to researchers and students in all areas of
theoretical linguistics and comparative syntax.
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