Subject Inversion in Romance and the Theory of Universal Grammar

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Author: Aafke C. J. Hulk

ISBN-10: 0195142705

ISBN-13: 9780195142709

Category: Linguistics & Semiotics

The Romance Languages document remarkable variations in subject word order in different constructions, and have various restrictions in their occurrence. No consensus has emerged on what the paramaters are for such variations. This volume does not attempt to create a consensus, but tries to represent and bring into dialogue the different sides of the debate.

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The Romance Languages document remarkable variations in subject word order in different constructions, and have various restrictions in their occurrence. No consensus has emerged on what the paramaters are for such variations. This volume does not attempt to create a consensus, but tries to represent and bring into dialogue the different sides of the debate.

Contributors1Subject Positions in Romance and the Theory of Universal Grammar32On Inversion in Wh-questions in Romance203"Inversion" as Focalization604Marked versus Unmarked Inversion and Optimality Theory915New Thoughts on Stylistic Inversion1076Subject Extraction, the Distribution of Expletives, and Stylistic Inversion1637The Constraint on Preverbal Subjects in Romance Interrogatives: A Minimality Effect183Index205