Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar

By: Samuel Jay Keyser

These essays by an outstanding group of linguists present case studies in contemporary comparative grammar, illustrating the rich and varied ways in which the principles and parameters framework of generative grammar can provide explanations for both the underlying universal properties of the world's languages and the ways in which they differ. The final essay by Noam Chomsky offers a new perspective on the principles and parameters approach to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262061406
• ISBN13: 9780262061407
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher