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    Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar by Roberts, Ian;

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    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 27 June 2019

    • ISBN 9780198804635
    • Binding Hardback
    • No. of pages730 pages
    • Size 248x176x45 mm
    • Weight 1372 g
    • Language English
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    Short description:

    In this book, 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. The book represents a significant new contribution to the formal study of cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation.

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    Long description:

    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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    Table of Contents:

    Introduction
    Parameters
    Word order and the Final-Over-Final Condition
    Null subjects
    Incorporation
    Verb movement
    Case and alignment
    Wh-movement and negation
    Conclusion: Towards a minimalist theory of syntactic variation

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