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"The first full-length treatment of the concept of parameter and its development through the various phases of Generative Grammar. Providing step-by-step, detailed explanations, it offers a full account of parametric theory and the development of Chomsky's framework for researchers and advanced students in syntactic theory and language acquisition"--
List of contents
Introduction; 1. The birth of the concept of parameter in Generative Grammar and its development until Lectures on Government and Binding; 2. The formulation of the main parameters of the Government-Binding Theory; 3. The development of the concept of parameter in Minimalism; 4. The main parameters of the GB Theory in current generative theory; 5. The head-complement parameter; 6. Some concluding remarks on parameterization.
About the author
Alessandro Riolfi is an independent scholar. He is currently a subject-matter expert at the department of Cultures and Civilizations of the University of Verona. His main research interests are the history of linguistics and Generative Grammar.
Summary
The first full-length treatment of the concept of parameter and its development through the various phases of Generative Grammar. Providing step-by-step, detailed explanations, it offers a full account of parametric theory and the development of Chomsky's framework for researchers and advanced students in syntactic theory and language acquisition.
Foreword
An exploration of the history of the concept of parameter in Generative Grammar from the mid-1960s to the present day.
