Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) - Hardcover

Webelhuth, Gert

 
9780195070408: Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)

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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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"This study is a very important contribution both to German (and Germanic) syntax and to linguistic theory."--Jindrich Toman, University of Michigan

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ISBN 10:  0195070410 ISBN 13:  9780195070415
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1994
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