The Null Subject Parameter
Author: M. Jaeggli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9400925409
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Parametric Variation
Author: Theresa Biberauer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 0521886953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKParametric variation in linguistic theory refers to the systematic grammatical variation permitted by the human language faculty. This book is a defence of the parametric approach to linguistic variation, set within the framework of the Minimalist Program.
Null Subjects
Author: José Camacho
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-04-25
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1107034108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an accessible and original account of null subject phenomena, and encompasses the most recent findings and developments.
The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Linguistics
Author: Jeffrey Lidz
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 1041
ISBN-13: 0199601267
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this handbook, renowned scholars from a range of backgrounds provide a state of the art review of key developmental findings in language acquisition. The book places language acquisition phenomena in a richly linguistic and comparative context, highlighting the link between linguistic theory, language development, and theories of learning. The book is divided into six parts. Parts I and II examine the acquisition of phonology and morphology respectively, with chapters covering topics such as phonotactics and syllable structure, prosodic phenomena, compound word formation, and processing continuous speech. Part III moves on to the acquisition of syntax, including argument structure, questions, mood alternations, and possessives. In Part IV, chapters consider semantic aspects of language acquisition, including the expression of genericity, quantification, and scalar implicature. Finally, Parts V and VI look at theories of learning and aspects of atypical language development respectively.
Manual of Grammatical Interfaces in Romance
Author: Susann Fischer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2016-09-12
Total Pages: 755
ISBN-13: 3110394839
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDifferent components of grammar interact in non-trivial ways. It has been under debate what the actual range of interaction is and how we can most appropriately represent this in grammatical theory. The volume provides a general overview of various topics in the linguistics of Romance languages by examining them through the interaction of grammatical components and functions as a state-of-the-art report, but at the same time as a manual of Romance languages.
An Introduction to English Sentence Structure
Author: Andrew Radford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-10-15
Total Pages: 435
ISBN-13: 1108865070
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new edition of Andrew Radford's outstanding resource for students is a step-by-step, practical introduction to English syntax and syntactic principles, written by a globally-renowned expert in the field. Assuming little or no prior background in syntax, Radford outlines key concepts and how they can be used to describe various aspects of English sentence structure. Each chapter contains core modules focusing on a specific topic, a summary recapitulating the main points of the chapter, and a bibliographical section providing references to original source material. This edition has been extensively updated, with new analyses, exercise materials, references and a brand-new chapter on adjuncts. Students will benefit from the online workbook, which contains a vast amount of exercise material for each module, including self-study materials and a student answerbook for these. Teachers will value the extensive PowerPoints outlining module contents and the comprehensive teacher answerbook, which covers all workbook and PowerPoint exercises.
Null Subjects in Generative Grammar
Author: Federica Cognola
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 0198815859
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book considers the null-subject phenomenon, whereby some languages lack an overtly realized referential subject in specific contexts. It explores novel empirical data and new theoretical analyses covering the major approaches to null subjects in generative grammar, and examines a wide range of languages from different families.
Brazilian Portuguese and the Null Subject Parameter
Author: Mary Aizawa Kato
Publisher: Iberoamericana Editorial Vervuert S.L.U
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing the Null Subject Parameter theory in cross linguistic variation, Brazilian Portuguese is studied in this book from a diachronic and a synchronic perspective, and from the language acquisition point of view.
Universal Grammar in Child Second Language Acquisition
Author: Usha Lakshmanan
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1994-01-01
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9027224757
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines child second language acquisition within the Principles and Parameters theory of Universal Grammar (UG). Specifically, the book focuses on null-subjects in the developing grammars of children acquiring English as a second language. The book provides evidence from the longitudinal speech data of four child second language (L2) learners in order to test the predictions of a recent theory of null-subjects, namely, the Morphological Uniformity Principle (MUP). Lakshmanan argues that the child L2 acquisition data offer little or no evidence in support of the MUP s predictions regarding a developmental relation between verb inflections and null-subjects. The evidence from these child L2 data indicates that regardless of the status of null subjects in their first language, child L2 learners of English hypothesize correctly from the very beginning that English requires subjects of tensed clauses to be obligatorily overt. The failure on the part of these learners to obey this knowledge in certain structural contexts is the result of perceptual factors that are unrelated to parameter setting. The book demonstrates the value of child second language acquisition data in evaluating specific proposals within linguistic theory for a Universal principle.
The Acquisition of Syntax in Romance Languages
Author: Vincent Torrens
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9027253013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume includes a selection of papers that address a wide range of acquisition phenomena from different Romance languages and all share a common theoretical approach based on the Principles and Parameters theory. They favour, discuss and sometimes challenge traditional explanations of first and second language acquisition in terms of maturation of general principles universal to all languages. They all depart from the view that language acquisition can be explained in terms of learning language specific rules, constraints or structures. The different parts into which this volume is organized reflect different approaches that current research has offered, which deal with issues of development of reflexive pronouns, determiners, clitics, verbs, auxiliaries, Inflection, wh-movement, rssumptive pronouns, topic and focus, mood, the syntax/discourse interface, topic and focus, and null arguments.
