Syntactic architecture and its consequences I: Syntax inside the grammar

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Abstract

This volume collects novel contributions to comparative generative linguistics that “rethink” existing approaches to an extensive range of phenomena, domains, and architectural questions in linguistic theory. At the heart of the contributions is the tension between descriptive and explanatory adequacy which has long animated generative linguistics and which continues to grow thanks to the increasing amount and diversity of data available to us. The chapters address research questions on the relation of syntax to other aspects of grammar and linguistics more generally, including studies on language acquisition, variation and change, and syntactic interfaces. Many of these contributions show the influence of research by Ian Roberts and collaborators and give the reader a sense of the lively nature of current discussion of topics in synchronic and diachronic comparative syntax ranging from the core verbal domain to higher, propositional domains.

Authors 4

1. András Bárány Aachen

   Leiden University

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   Leiden University

2. Theresa Biberauer

   University of Cambridge · Stellenbosch University · University of the Western Cape

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   University of Cambridge, Stellenbosch University, University of the West Cape

3. Jamie Douglas

   University of Cambridge

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   University of Cambridge

4. Sten Vikner

   Aarhus University

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   Aarhus University

   Aarhus University, Arts, School of Communication and Culture, School of Communication and Culture - English, DK