Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2004

Editor
ORCID logoPierre Pica | CNRS, Paris
Associate Editors
ORCID logoJohan Rooryck | Leiden University
ORCID logoJeroen van Craenenbroeck | Catholic University Brussels
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ISBN 9789027254740 | EUR 88.00 | USD 132.00
 
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The Linguistic Variation Yearbook is exclusively devoted to the study of the nature and scope of linguistic variation from the point of view of the minimalist program. In this perspective, the yearbook 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.

The Linguistic Variation Yearbook publishes annually a collection of (invited) articles on a theme that is current in and important to the research on linguistic variation within the generative framework. The focus is on comparative studies, such as research on typology and dialect variation.

[Linguistic Variation Yearbook, 4] 2004.  iv, 302 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 1 August 2005
Table of Contents
Introduction
Jeroen van Craenenbroeck and Johan Rooryck
1–3
The universal force of free choice any
Veneeta Dayal
5–40
Nominal classes, reference, and functional parameters, with particular reference to Arabic
Abdelkader Fassi Fehri
41–108
Spelling-Out Scrambling
Naoki Fukui and Hironobu Kasai
109–141
On the syntactic expression of pejorative mood
Kleanthes K. Grohmann and Andrew Nevins
143–179
Against a parameter-setting approach to typological variation
Frederick J. Newmeyer
181–234
Meaningful silence, meaningless sounds
Halldór Ármann Sigur∂sson
235–259
A minimalist approach to the re-grammaticalization of morphology: Chinese verbal ‑le as aspect and tense
Zoe Wu
261–297
Index
299–301
Subjects

Main BIC Subject

CFK: Grammar, syntax

Main BISAC Subject

LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General