Microparametric syntax and dialect variation / edited by James R. Black and Virginia Motapanyane.

Other author Black, James R.
Other author Motapanyane, Virginia.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins,
Descriptionxviii, 269 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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SeriesAmsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, 0304-0763. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 139
Contents Microparametric syntax : some introductory remarks / Richard S. Kayne -- Une analyse microparamétrique des moyens dans les langues romanes / J.-Marc Authier & Lisa Reed -- Treating that-trace variation / Philip Branigan -- Negative particle questions : a dialectal comparison / Lisa L.-S. Cheng, C.-T. James Huang & C.-C. Jane Tang -- Imperative inversion in Belfast English / Alison Henry -- Scandinavian possessive constructions from a northern Swedish viewpoint / Anders Holmberg & Görel Sandström -- The occasional absence of anaphoric agreement in Labrador Inuttut / Alana Johns -- Hypothetical infinitives and crosslinguistic variations in continental and Quebec French / France Martineau & Virginia Motapanyane -- The second person singular interrogative in the traditional vernacular of the Bolton metropolitan area / Graham Shorrocks -- Reflexives, pronouns, and subject/verb agreement in Icelandic and Faroese / Knut Tarald Taraldsen -- Adverbial quantifiers and dialectal variation in a minimalist framework / Marie-Thérèse Vinet -- Verb clusters in continental West Germanic dialects / Jan-Wouter Zwart.
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LanguageIncludes one contribution in French.
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LCCN 96038230
ISBN155619594X (alk. paper)