Date: 28-Jun-2005 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Syntax and Variation: Cornips & Corrigan
Title: Syntax and Variation
Subtitle: Reconciling the Biological and the Social
Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 265
Published: 2005
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Leonie Cornips, Meertens Institute
Editor: Karen P Corrigan, University of York
Hardback: ISBN: 902724779X Pages: vi, 312 Price: Europe EURO 120.00
Hardback: ISBN: 1588116409 Pages: vi, 312 Price: U.S. $ 144.00
Abstract:
The papers in this collection share a common interest in the empirical, theoretical and meta-theoretical aspects of the 'internal-external' ('formal-functional') debate in linguistic theory. The primary aim of this volume is to initiate cooperation between internationally renowned generative and variationist linguists with a view to developing an innovative and more cohesive approach to syntactic variation. The present volume contains treatments incorporating the analysis of external factors into accounts focusing on the internal linguistic conditioning of syntactic variation and change cross-linguistically. As such, it offers novel approaches to three key areas of current linguistic debate, viz. (1) Methodological practices, (2) Theoretical applications and (3) Modularity. The volume is, therefore, an important achievement for the progress of linguistic theory more generally and it is an even more crucial milestone in the coming-of-age of 'Socio-Syntax' as a discipline in its own right.
Toward an integrated approach to syntactic variation: A retrospective and prospective synopsis Leonie Cornips and Karen P. Corrigan 1-27
Part 1: Aspects of modularity
A modular approach to sociolinguistic variation in syntax: The gerund in Ecuadorian Spanish Pieter Muysken 31-53
Selective optionality in language development Antonella Sorace 55-80
Syntactic variation and spoken language Jenny Cheshire 81-106
Part 2: Individual speaker variability and methodological innovation
Idiolectal variation and syntactic theory Alison Henry 109-122
Focus raising: A paradigmatic example of the treatment of syntactic variation Judit Gervain and Gábor Zemplén 123-145
Part 3: Syntactic variability, social stratification and real/apparent time
Variation and the minimalist program David Adger and Jennifer Smith 149-178
Principles and parameters in change Elly van Gelderen 179-198
Morphosyntactic variation and theory: Subject-verb agreement in Acadian French Ruth King 199-229
Part 4: Syntactic variability across geographical space
Word order variation in three-verb clusters and the division of labour between generative linguistics and sociolinguistics Sjef Barbiers 233-264
The third dimension of person features Paola Beninca and Cecilia Poletto 265-299
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