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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456664303321

Titolo

The Parametrization of universal grammar [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gisbert Fanselow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993

ISBN

9786613234315

90-272-8243-9

1-283-23431-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Linguistik aktuell, , 0166-0829 ; ; v. 8

Altri autori (Persone)

FanselowGisbert

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general

Principles and parameters (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Instead of a Preface: Some Reflections on Parameters; Principled Variability: Parametrization without Parameter Fixing; Parameter Setting and the Binding Theory: No Subset Problem; Projecting Inflected Verbs; The Projection of Categories and the Nature of Agreement; The Structure of German Verb Projections - A Problem of Syntactic Parametrization?; The Definition of Morphological and Syntactic Words; On the Linear Order of the Modifier-Head-Position in NPS; On the Parametrization of Lexical Properties; The Syntax of ""Possessor"" Phrases

Sommario/riassunto

In this volume the subject of parametrization is addressed from various, though interrelated perspectives, ranging from learnability, the form and nature of parametrization, the role of the interface between morphology and syntax and the parameters of X-bar syntax, to the lexical parametrization hypothesis.