Overview
In this book, leading scholars consider the ways in which syntactic variation can be accounted for in a minimalist framework. They explore the theoretical significance, content, and role of parameters; whether or not variation should be strongly or weakly accounted for by syntactic factors; and the explicitness - or lack thereof - that should be assumed with respect to the conditions imposed by narrow syntax. The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains chapters that consider the term 'parameter' to be a relevant theoretical notion under minimalist tenets. In the second part, on the other hand, chapters either argue that the term parameter amounts to no more than a label to describe variation, or assign it a less prominent role. Instead, language variation is attributed to sociolinguistic factors, language contact, frequency of use, or simply to options in the externalization of abstract syntactic relations. The book offers a valuable overview of the different approaches adopted in the study of language variation phenomena, and will appeal to theoretical linguists of all persuasions from graduate level upwards.
Full Product Details
Author: M. Carme Picallo (Professor of Catalan Philology, Professor of Catalan Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.437kg
ISBN: 9780198783572
ISBN 10: 0198783574
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 11 August 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Review from previous edition this book forces the reader to rethink syntax from the ground up and provides a valuable overview and interesting empirical coverage of a rich area of research ... this volume can have far-reaching consequences and inspire future research ... I strongly recommend it to any linguist or specialist interested in the subject. * Mireia Marimon, Isogloss *
`Review from previous edition this book forces the reader to rethink syntax from the ground up and provides a valuable overview and interesting empirical coverage of a rich area of research ... this volume can have far-reaching consequences and inspire future research ... I strongly recommend it to any linguist or specialist interested in the subject.' Mireia Marimon, Isogloss
Review from previous edition this book forces the reader to rethink syntax from the ground up and provides a valuable overview and interesting empirical coverage of a rich area of research ... this volume can have far-reaching consequences and inspire future research ... I strongly recommend it to any linguist or specialist interested in the subject. Mireia Marimon, Isogloss
Author Information
M. Carme Picallo is Professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and member of the Centre de Lingüística Teòrica. Her research interests focus on syntactic theory and syntactic variation. Her publications include papers in Linguistic Inquiry, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Journal of Linguistics, and Probus. She is the co-editor, along with Montserrat Batllori, Maria-Lluïsa Hernanz, and Francesc Roca, of Grammaticalization and Parametric Variation (OUP 2005) and has contributed chapters to several international peer-reviewed collective volumes.
