Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar: 20 (Current Studies in Linguistics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0262525593 ISBN 13: 9780262525596

Publisher: MIT Press, 1991

Synopsis

These essays by an outstanding group of linguists present case studies in contemporary comparative grammar, illustrating the rich and varied ways in which the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar can provide explanations for both the underlying universal properties of the world's languages and the ways in which they differ.

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About the Author

Robert Freidin is Professor of the Council of the Humanities in the Philosophy Department at Princeton University.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262525593
• ISBN 13: 9780262525596
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 476
• Editor: Freidin Robert