Cover of The domain of syntax

Book 2011

The domain of syntax

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Published
2011
  • Comparative and general Grammar
  • Morphology
  • Syntax
  • Finiteness (Linguistics)
  • Linguistics

This volume explores the consequences for syntax of assuming that language is grounded in cognition and perception. He considers whether this permits a lexicalist approach to syntax that would allow it to dispense not only with structural mutations but with universal grammar itself.