Principles and Parameters of Syntactic Saturation

by Gert Webelhuth

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195070410

ISBN13:9780195070415

Release Date:September 1992

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"

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