Parameters and functional heads
Subtitle: essays in comparative syntax
By: edited by Adriana Belletti, Luigi Rizzi.
Contributors: Belletti, Adriana.; Rizzi, Luigi, 1952-
Series: Oxford studies in comparative syntax
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.; Principles and parameters (Linguistics); Lexical-functional grammar.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Papers prepared at a program Certificat de spécialisation en théorie syntaxique et syntaxe comparative which was given during 1989-1990 at the University of Geneva.
Table of contents: title: The verb always leaves IP in V-2 clauses / Bonnie Schwartz, Sten Vikner; title: Residual verb second and the Wh-criterion / Luigi Rizzi; title: Complex inversion in French / Luigi Rizzi, Ian Roberts; title: Negative concord in West Flemish / Liliane Haegeman, Raffaella Zanuttini; title: On the relevance of tense for sentential negation / Raffaella Zanuttini; title: A cross-linguistic study of Romance and Arbëresh causatives / Teresa Guasti; title: Hebrew noun phrases : generalized noun raising / Tal Siloni; title: Three kinds of subject clitics in Basso Polesano and the theory of pro / Cecilia Poletto.