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Contemporary Linguistic Parameters ALSO AVAILABLE FROM BLOOMSBURY Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 1, edited by Vivian Cook and Li Wei Contemporary Applied Linguistics Volume 2, edited by Li Wei and Vivian Cook Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning, edited by Michael Thomas, Hayo Reinders and Mark Warschauer Contemporary Corpus Linguistics, edited by Paul Baker Contemporary Critical Discourse Studies, edited by Christopher Hart and Piotr Cap Contemporary Stylistics, edited by Marina Lambrou and Peter Stockwell Contemporary Task-Based Language Teaching in Asia, edited by Michael Thomas and Hayo Reinders Contemporary Linguistic Parameters Edited by Antonio Fábregas, Jaume Mateu and Michael T. Putnam Contemporary Studies in Linguistics Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com BLOOMSBURY and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published 2015 © Antonio Fábregas, Jaume Mateu, Michael T. Putnam and Contributors, 2015 Antonio Fábregas, Jaume Mateu and Michael T. Putnam have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the Editors of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury or the author. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: HB: 978-1-4725-3393-7 ePDF: 978-1-4725-2590-1 ePub: 978-1-4725-3271-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Contemporary linguistic parameters / edited by Antonio Fábregas, Jaume Mateu and Michael T. Putnam. pages cm. -- (Contemporary Studies in Linguistics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4725-3393-7 (hb : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-4725-3271-8 (epub) -- ISBN 978-1-4725-2590-1 (epdf). Principles and parameters (Linguistics) 2. Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. 3. Language and languages--Variation. I. Fábregas, Antonio, editor. II. Mateu i Giral, Jaume, editor. III. Putnam, Michael T., editor. P295.5.C66 2015 410.1’8--dc23 2015010279 Series: Contemporary Studies in Linguistics Typeset by Fakenham Prepress Solutions, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 8NN CONTENTS Abbreviations vii Part I. Prolegomena 1 “Parameters” in linguistic theory: What, where, and how 3 Antonio Fábregas, Jaume Mateu, and Michael T. Putnam Part II. Main morphosyntactic parameters 2 Morphological parameters Antonio Fábregas 27 3 Case. Ergative languages 47 Michelle Sheehan 4 Head directionality 73 Hubert Haider 5 Parameters and argument structure I: Motion predicates and resultatives 99 Víctor Acedo-Matellán and Jaume Mateu 6 Parameters and argument structure II: Causatives and applicatives 123 María Cristina Cuervo vi CONTENTS 7 The functional structure of the clause: Main issues 147 Martina Wiltschko 8 Extended projections of V: Inner Aspect 177 Jonathan E. MacDonald 9 Null subject 201 Roberta D’Alessandro 10 Head movement in the clausal domain 227 Ángel J. Gallego and Juan Uriagereka 11 Wh-movement 251 Željko Bošković 12 Topic and focus 281 Jordi Fortuny 13 The functional structure of N 303 Asya Pereltsvaig Part III. Parameters beyond morphosyntax 14 Parameters in phonological analysis: Stress 335 Marc van Oostendorp 15 Parameters in language acquisition and language contact 353 Nina Hyams, Victoria Mateu, Robyn Ortfitelli, Michael Putnam, Jason Rothman, and Liliana Sánchez References 375 Index 429 ABBREVIATIONS 1 First person 2 Second person A Agent ABL Ablative ABS Absolutive ACC Accusative AGR Agreement AI Animate intransitive ALL Allative ANIM Animate AOR Aorist APPL Applicative ART Article ASP Aspect AUX Auxiliary AV Active Voice BEN Benefactive CAUS Causative CL Classifier CLT Clitic COM Comitative CONJ Conjugation DAT Dative DECL Declension DEF Definite viii ABBREVIATIONS DEM Demonstrative DET Determiner DIM Diminutive DIR Directional E Event head EMPH Emphatic ERG Ergative EXPL Expletive F Feminine FACT Factual FAM Familiarity treatment FOC Focus Ft Foot FUT Future FV Final Vowel GEN Genitive H Heavy HAB Habitual Hd Head HON Honorific HUM Human IMP Imperative IMPF Imperfective IN Inessive INAN Inanimate IND Indicative INF Infinitive L Light LOC Locative M Masculine MAL Malefactive ABBREVIATIONS ix MOD Modal NEG Negation NFUT Non-Future NMLZ Nominalizer NOM Nominative NPST Non-Past NT Neuter O Object OBJ Object Agreement OV Objective Voice P Preposition PART Participle PASS Passive PERF Perfect PL Plural POSTES Postessive PRES Present PRFV Perfective PRN Pronoun PROG Progressive PROSP Prospective PROX Proximal PRT Particle PST Past PUNC Punctual Q Interrogative QU Quantifier REC Reciprocal REL Relative S Subject SBJ Subjunctive
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