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Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar (Current Studies in Linguistics) (Current Studies in Linguistics Series)

Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar (Current Studies in Linguistics) (Current Studies in Linguistics Series)

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Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar (Current Studies in Linguistics) (Current Studies in Linguistics Series) Hardback - 1991

by Freidin, Robert

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  • Title Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar (Current Studies in Linguistics) (Current Studies in Linguistics Series)
  • Author Freidin, Robert
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 2nd Printing
  • Condition Used: Good
  • Pages 476
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Publication date 1991-08-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0262061406
  • ISBN 9780262061407 / 0262061406
  • Weight 1.87 lbs (0.85 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.38 x 6.27 x 1.27 in (23.83 x 15.93 x 3.23 cm)
  • Size 6.50x1.25x9.50
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Grammar, Comparative and general - Congresses, Principles and parameters (Linguistics)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 90-22164
  • Dewey Decimal Code 415
  • Quantity available 1

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These essays by an outstanding group of linguists present case studies in contemporary comparative grammar, illustrating the rich and varied ways in which the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar can provide explanations for both the underlying universal properties of the world's languages and the ways in which they differ. The final essay by Noam Chomsky offers a new perspective on the principles and parameters approach to comparative grammar. In his introduction, Freidin describes the historical background of current work in comparative grammar and compares this work to the comparative studies of the nineteenth century. He notes how the current approach traces the fundamental unity of all languages to the language faculty, in contrast to that of the nineteenth century which was primarily concerned with the ancestral relations among languages. The essays that follow convey the wide scope of the interaction between current theory and crosslinguistic studies. Topics include the relevance of binding theory for crosslinguistic studies; the interaction between the syntax/lexical semantics interface and the theory of UG; the role of phrase structure and levels of representation in accounting or syntactic variation; crosslinguistic variation in word order phenomena; and the ways in which the study of comparative grammar can itself contribute to the understanding of UG.

Contributors
Joseph Aoun. Adriana Belletti. Noam Chomsky. Robert Freidin. Wayne Harbert. Norbert Hornstein. C.-T. James Huang. Anthony S. Kroch. Howard Lasnik. Yen-hui Audrey Li. David Lightfoot. Luigi Rizzi. Ken Safir. Beatrice Santorini. Rex A. Sprouse. Timothy Stowell. Tarald Taraldsen. Lisa deMena Travis. Edwin Williams

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