Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2003

Editor
ORCID logoPierre Pica | CNRS, Paris
Associate Editor
ORCID logoJohan Rooryck | Leiden University
PaperbackAvailable
ISBN 9789027254733 (Eur) | EUR 80.00
ISBN 9781588115256 (USA) | USD 120.00
 
e-JournalAvailable
| EUR 78.00
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.
Volume 3 contains articles by Denis Bouchard, Anders Holmberg, K. A. Jayaseelan, Giuseppe Longobardi, Sandra Stjepanovic, Yuji Takano, and Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai & Melody Yayin Chang.
[Linguistic Variation Yearbook, 3] 2003.  249 pp.
Publishing status: Available
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 Stjepanović
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
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“It can only be hoped that the material the editorial team receives in the future will match (or even exceed!) the high standard presented in the first three volumes. I will certainly keep my eyes open for the next issue.”
Subjects

Main BIC Subject

CFK: Grammar, syntax

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General