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Wed Mar 08 2006

Books: Syntax: Fukui

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Directory         1.    Liz Levine, Theoretical Comparative Syntax: Fukui
Message 1: Theoretical Comparative Syntax: Fukui
Date: 07-Mar-2006
From: Liz Levine <elizabeth.levinetaylorandfrancis.com>
Subject: Theoretical Comparative Syntax: Fukui


Title: Theoretical Comparative Syntax Subtitle: Studies in Macroparameters Series Title: Routledge Leading Linguists Published: 2006 Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
                http://www.routledge.com/

Author: Naoki Fukui, University of California, Irvine Hardback: ISBN: 0415341035 Pages: 400 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Abstract:

Theoretical Comparative Syntax brings together for the first time,significant essays and articles by Naoki Fukui, exploring various topics inthe areas of syntactic theory and comparative syntax. The articles have aspecial focus on the typological differences between English (-typelanguages) and Japanese (-type languages) and abstract parameters thatderive them. Linguistic universals are considered in the light ofcross-linguistic variation and typological (parametric) differences areinvestigated from the viewpoint of universal principles.

The unifying theme of this volume is the nature and structure of invariantprinciples and parameters (variables) and how they interact to giveprincipled accounts to a variety of seemingly unrelated differences betweenEnglish and Japanese. These two types of languages provide an ideal testingground for the principles and their interactions with the parameters sincethe languages exhibit diverse superficial differences in virtually everyaspect of their linguistic structures.

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories                             Syntax
Written In: English (eng )

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