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An inverse correlation between structural linguistic and human genetic diversity. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Graff A   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cross-linguistic variation in the syntax of subjects

open access: yes, 2014
In this chapter, by focusing on two dimensions of cross-linguistic variation, I discuss the hypothesis that parameters are limited to properties of the functional lexicon, which have an impact on the core computational operations. In one case, variation concerns the probe head and the operation Move: the features which drive verb movement can be ...
A. Cardinaletti   +2 more
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Little v and cross-linguistic variation

Linguistik Aktuell, 2016
The main claim of this paper is that little v is responsible for a range of grammatical properties of the predicate phrase that it selects for. Bilingual light verb constructions in several code-switching varieties provide strong evidence for this claim.
Tonjes Veenstra
exaly   +2 more sources

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