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Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation

Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation

Webelhuth, Gert

Paperback

Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax

Grammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 0195070410
ISBN13: 9780195070415
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 24 1992
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.66 Width: 5.56 Depth: 8.57
Language: English
This work represents the first full-scale attempt to provide a restrictive theory of parameters--the nature and limits of syntactic variation. Focusing on syntactic saturation, Webelhuth hypothesizes that in natural language these phenomena are subject to the Saturation Condition. He explains the principles behind this condition and demonstrates how it imposes strong constraints on what counts as a possible parameter in natural language. Webelhuth goes on to test this theory against empirical evidence from seven modern Germanic languages: German, Dutch, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, and Icelandic.

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