The limits of syntactic variation
(T. Biberauer (ed.))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
The locus of (parametric) variation
G. Longobardi, C. Gianollo & C. Guardiano
Three fundamental issues in parametric linguistics
M. Haspelmath
Parametric versus functional explanations of syntactic universals
R. Kayne
Expletives, datives, and the tension between morphology and syntax
H. Zeijlstra
On the syntactic flexibility of formal features
G. Ramchand & P. Svenonius
Mapping a parochial lexicon onto a universal semantics
M. Lekakou
Aspect matters in the middle
A classic parameter revisited: the null-subject parameter
M. Nicolis
The Null Subject Parameter and correlating properties: the case of Creole
languages
G. Fernández-Salgueiro
The Case-F valuation parameter in Romance
M. Duguine
Silent arguments without pro: the case of Basque
M. Modesto
Topic prominence and null subjects
A. Neeleman & K. Szendroi
Case morphology and radical pro-drop
Parametric clustering
M. Baker
The macroparameter in a microparametric world
P. Panagiotidis
Diachronic stability and feature interpretability
B. Oztürk
Non-configurationality: free word order and argument drop in Turkish
The acquisition of parameters
Martine Coene & Larisa Avram
Can children tell us anything we did not know about parameter clustering?
Arnold Evers & Jacqueline van Kampen
Parameter Setting and Input Reduction