Comparative Grammar The Null Subject Parameter
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Comparative Grammar The Null Subject Parameter
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Author : Ian G. Roberts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Comparative Grammar The Null Subject Parameter written by Ian G. Roberts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The study of comparative grammar has been a concern of linguistic theory. Our notion of how grammatical systems vary and our ability to provide sophisticated analyses of this variation is greater than it has been at any time in the past. Concentrating on principles-and-parameters theory, this work presents an overview of what has been achieved.
Parametric Variation
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Author : Theresa Biberauer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010
Parametric Variation written by Theresa Biberauer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Parametric variation in linguistic theory refers to the systematic grammatical variation permitted by the human language faculty. This book is a defence of the parametric approach to linguistic variation, set within the framework of the Minimalist Program.
Topic Drop And Null Subjects In German
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Author : Ewa Trutkowski
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2016-04-25
Topic Drop And Null Subjects In German written by Ewa Trutkowski and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-25 with Philosophy categories.
This monograph deals with argument drop in the German prefield and it presents new insights into null subjects, topic drop and the interpretation of topic dropped elements. Major issues are (inter alia) the drop of structurally vs. obliquely cased arguments and the question on which basis nominative/accusative and dative/genitive can be kept apart. Furthermore, it is shown that the (im)possibility of phi-feature mismatches concerning the antecedent and gap in topic drop dialogues allows to differentiate between coreference and "real" (quantifier) binding. Aside from topic drop, (1st/2nd vs. 3rd person) null subjects are investigated across a couple of unrelated languages, also focusing on the presence of syncretisms within verbal inflectional paradigms. It is proven that 1st/2nd person null subjects in German are not an instance of antecedent-dependent topic drop but that they are licensed by discrete verbal inflectional endings. Thus, according to this property, German can be classified as a partial pro-drop language. Next to theoretical discussions and considerations this book offers a broad (empirically covered) data basis, which makes it suitable for both theoretically and empirically interested (generative) linguists.
Arguments And Agreement
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Author : Peter Ackema
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-09-28
Arguments And Agreement written by Peter Ackema and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-28 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book brings together new work by leading syntactic theorists from the USA and Europe on a central aspect of syntactic and morphological theory: it explores the role of agreement morphology in the morphosyntactic realization of a verb's arguments. The authors examine the differences and parallels between nonconfigurational, pronominal- agreement languages; configurational languages which allow pronoun drop (for example, "Is coming" for "He is coming"); languages that allow pronoun drop in particular constructions only; and languages which always require overt syntactic determiner phrases as arguments. The book considers whether the morphological properties of agreement play a role in determining which of these types a language belongs to and how far languages differ with respect to the argumental status of their agreement and syntactic determiner phrases. The authors explore these and related issues and problems in the context of a wide range of languages. Their book will interest linguists at graduate level and above concerned with morphosyntactic theory, linguistic typology, and the interactions of syntax and morphology in different languages.
The Limits Of Syntactic Variation
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Author : Theresa Biberauer
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2008-09-17
The Limits Of Syntactic Variation written by Theresa Biberauer and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Against the background of the past half century’s typological and generative work on comparative syntax, this volume brings together 16 papers considering what we have learned and may still be able to learn about the nature and extent of syntactic variation. More specifically, it offers a multi-perspective critique of the Principles and Parameters approach to syntactic variation, evaluating the merits and shortcomings of the pre-Minimalist phase of this enterprise and considering and illustrating the possibilities opened up by recent empirical and theoretical advances. Contributions focus on four central topics: firstly, the question of the locus of variation, whether the attested variation may plausibly be understood in parametric terms and, if so, what form such parameters might take; secondly, the fate of one of the most prominent early parameters, the Null Subject Parameter; thirdly, the matter of parametric clusters more generally; and finally, acquisition issues.
Expletive And Referential Subject Pronouns In Medieval French
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Author : Michael Zimmermann
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2014-09-12
Expletive And Referential Subject Pronouns In Medieval French written by Michael Zimmermann and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Medieval French, usually analyzed as a null subject language, differs considerably from modern Romance null subject languages such as Spanish in the availability of non-expressed subject pronouns; specifically, it shows characteristics reminiscent of non-null, rather than null subject languages, such as the expression of expletive subject pronouns. The central goal of this book is to put forward an account of these differences. On the basis of the analysis of an extensive, newly established data corpus, the development of the expression of both expletive and referential subject pronouns until the 17th c. is determined. Following a thorough discussion of previous approaches, an alternative approach is presented which builds on the analysis of Medieval French as a non-null subject language. The non-expression of subject pronouns, licit in specific contexts in non-null subject languages, is shown to be restricted to configurations generally involving left-peripheral focalization. These configurations – and, concomitantly, non-expressed subject pronouns – are finally argued to be eventually lost for good in the wake of the initial observation by 17th c. writers of pertinent instructions campaigned for in highly influential works of language use.
Definiteness Effects
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Author : Susann Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-17
Definiteness Effects written by Susann Fischer and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume explores in detail the empirical and conceptual content of the definiteness effect in grammar. It brings together a variety of relevant observations from a typological, diachronic and a bilingual/second language acquisition perspective, and provides a general overview of different approaches concerned with the syntactic, morphological, semantic, and pragmatic properties of the Definiteness Effect in a series of European and non-European languages.
Brazilian Portuguese And The Null Subject Parameter
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Author : Mary Aizawa Kato
language : en
Publisher: Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U
Release Date : 2000
Brazilian Portuguese And The Null Subject Parameter written by Mary Aizawa Kato and has been published by Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Using the Null Subject Parameter theory in cross linguistic variation, Brazilian Portuguese is studied in this book from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective, and from the language acquisition point of view.
Parameter Hierarchies And Universal Grammar
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Author : Ian G. Roberts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Parameter Hierarchies And Universal Grammar written by Ian G. Roberts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Verb Movement And Expletive Subjects In The Germanic Languages
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Author : Sten Vikner
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1995
Verb Movement And Expletive Subjects In The Germanic Languages written by Sten Vikner and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book is the study of two different kinds of variation across the Germanic languages. One involves the position of the finite verb, and the other the possible positions of the "logical" subject in constructions with expletive (or "dummy") subjects. The book applies the theory of Principles-and-Parameters to the study of comparative syntax. Several languages are considered, including less frequently discussed ones like Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, and Yiddish.