Subject inversion in Romance and the theory of universal grammar - Hulk, A. (Aafke); Pollock, J.-Y. (Jean-Yves) (Oxford, [England] ; Oxford University Press, 2023)
The Romance Languages document remarkable variations in subject word order in different constructions, and have various restrictions in their occurrence. No consensus has emerged on what the paramaters are for such variations. This volume does not attempt to create a consensus, but tries to represent and bring into dialogue the different sides of the debate.
Contents; Contributors; 1. Subject Positions in Romance and the Theory of Universal Grammar; 2. On Inversion in Wh-questions in Romance; 3. ""Inversion"" as Focalization; 4. Marked versus Unmarked Inversion and Optimality Theory; 5. New Thoughts on Stylistic Inversion; 6. Subject Extraction, the Distribution of Expletives, and Stylistic Inversion; 7. The Constraint on Preverbal Subjects in Romance Interrogatives: A Minimality Effect; Index
English
Previously issued in print: 2001.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Romance languages -- Word order; Romance languages -- Topic and comment; Grammar, Comparative and general