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Abstract:
Associate Editor: Johan Rooryck
Linguistic Variation Yearbook is devoted to the study of the nature and scope of linguistic variation from the point of view of the minimalist program. It aims at going beyond the traditional tension between explanatory and descriptive adequacy. It seeks in particular to investigate to what extent the study of linguistic variation can shed light on the broader issue of language particular vs. language universal properties and design.
Table of contents
Articles Introduction v-vii
The origins of language variation Denis Bouchard 1-41
Yes/no questions and the relation between tense and polarity in English and Finnish Anders Holmberg 43-68
Question words in focus positions K.A. Jayaseelan 69-99
Methods in parametric linguistics and cognitive history Giuseppe Longobardi 101-138
A word order paradox resolved by copy deletion at PF Sandra Stjepanovic 139-177
Why Japanese is different: Nominalization and verbalization in syntax and the distribution of arguments Yuji Takano 179-211
Two types of wh-adverbials: A typological study of how and why in Tsou Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai and Melody Yayin Chang 213-236
Index
Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories Syntax Typology
Subject Language(s): English (ENG) Finnish (FIN) Japanese (JPN) Tsou (TSY)
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