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Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation
Contributor(s): Webelhuth, Gert (Author)

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 ISBN: 0195070410     ISBN-13: 9780195070415
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $152.25  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 1992
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Annotation: A linguistics instructor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides a restrictive theory of parameters on the nature and limits of syntactic variation. "This study is a very important contribution to both German (and Germanic) syntax and to linguistic theory".--Jindrich Toman, University of Michigan.

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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation
Dewey: 415
LCCN: 91-2617
Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.56" W x 8.57" L (0.80 lbs) 256 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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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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