Functional Categories and Parametric Variation

This book explores the idea that functional categories are the flesh and blood of grammar'. From within the context of the Principles and Parameters framework put forward by Chomsky and others, Jamal Ouhalla develops the argument that much of what we understand by the term grammar and grammatic...

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Main Author Ouhalla, Jamal
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London ; New York Routledge 1991
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesTheoretical linguistics
Subjects
Functionalism (Linguistics)
Generative grammar
Grammar, Comparative and general
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammatical categories
Language & Linguistics
Language and languages
Language and languages > Variation
Theoretical Linguistics
Maximal Projection
DP Hypothesis
Head Category
Main Verb
SVO Order
Noun Phrases
Det Element
Periphrastic Passives
Inflectional Elements
X-bar Theory
Fassi Fehri
Null Subjects
SVO Language
Celtic Languages
Overt Pronouns
Lexical Subject
Thematic Role
Preverbal Subjects
Lexical Properties
Predicate Phrase
Infinitival Clauses
Postverbal Subjects
English Noun Phrases
Functional Categories
Thematic Grid
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Table of Contents:
  • Book cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The X-bar status of the inflectional elements and the clause structure -- 3. On the nature of some word order parameters -- 4. The structure of noun phrases and word order variation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index