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Parametric Variation - Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory (Hardcover)
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Parametric Variation - Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory (Hardcover)
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Parametric variation in linguistic theory refers to the systematic
grammatical variation permitted by the human language faculty.
Although still widely assumed, the parametric theory of variation
has in recent years been subject to re-evaluation and critique. The
Null Subject Parameter, which determines among other things whether
or not a language allows the suppression of subject pronouns, is
one of the best-known and most widely discussed examples of a
parameter. Nevertheless its status in current syntactic theory is
highly controversial. This book is a defence of the parametric
approach to linguistic variation, set within the framework of the
Minimalist Program. It discusses syntactic variation in the light
of recent developments in linguistic theory, focusing on issues
such as the formal nature of minimalist parameters, the typology of
null-subject language systems and the way in which parametric
choices can be seen to underlie the synchronic and diachronic
patterns observed in natural languages.
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