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1 online resource (287 pages) |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 139 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 139.
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MICROPARAMETRIC SYNTAX AND DIALECT VARIATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFATORY NOTE; MICROPARAMETRICSYNTAX: SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; UNE ANALYSE MICROPARAMÉTRIQUE DES MOYENS DANS LES LANGUES ROMANES; TREATING THAT-TRACE VARIATION; NEGATIVEPARTICLE QUESTIONS: A DIALECTAL COMPARISON; IMPERATIVE INVERSION IN BELFAST ENGLISH; SCANDINAVIAN POSSESSIVECONSTRUCTIONS FROM A NORTHERN SWEDISH VIEWPOINT; THE OCCASIONAL ABSENCE OF ANAPHORIC AGREEMENT IN LABRADOR INUTTUT; HYPOTHETICAL INFINITIVES ANDCROSSLINGUISTIC VARIATIONS INCONTINENTAL AND QUEBEC FRENCH |
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The second person singularinterrogative in the traditionalvernacular of the boltonmetropolitan areareflexives pronouns and subject/verb agreement in icelandic and faroese; adverbial quantifiers and dialectal variation in a minimalist framework; verb clusters in continental west germanic dialects; general index |
| Summary |
Richard Kayne's introduction to this volume stresses that comparative work on the syntax of very closely related languages and dialects is a research tool promising to provide both a broad understanding of parameters at their finest-grained and an approach to the question of the minimal units of syntactic variation. The 11 articles in this collection demonstrate the use of this tool in analyzing microparametric variation, principally with reference to Chomsky's Minimalist program, in a variety of languages. Topics include se/si constructions, hypothetical infinitives and adverbial quantifiers |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Linguistic geography.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Language and languages -- Variation
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Linguistic geography
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Electronic book
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Motapanyane, Virginia
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| LC no. |
96038230 |
| ISBN |
9789027276223 |
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9027276226 |
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1283312557 |
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9781283312554 |
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9786613312556 |
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661331255X |
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