This 1999 textbook investigates definiteness both from a comparative and a theoretical point
of view, showing how languages express definiteness and what definiteness is. It surveys a …

In this book John A. Hawkins argues that major patterns of variation across languages are
structured by general principles of efficiency in language use and communication. Evidence …

This book explores the idea that functional categories are the flesh and blood of grammar'.
From within the context of the Principles and Parameters framework put forward by Chomsky …

This article has two interrelated goals: first, to provide a description and a unified analysis of
the distribution of resumptive pronouns in relative clauses in Hebrew and Northern …

Causatives and Causation is the first comprehensive study of causative constructions found
in the world's languages. This important new research, based on a data base of more than …

This dissertation is a study of the morphology and syntax of that constituent traditionally
referred to as the Noun Phrase. I first analyze Bantu Noun Class as a gender system, and …

This comprehensive volume describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical,
structural and sociolinguistic perspectives, with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish, Gaelic …

This dissertation unites generative and functional approaches to the study of so-called" free"
word order in Russian. It is shown that Russian is a highly configurational language with an …

This is the first book-length study of Welsh syntax in English using minimalist theory. The
central empirical issue addressed is an analysis of word order and clause structure in …

The thesis investigates the syntactic properties of head-movement processes as well as the
structures of phrasal categories. The discussions are based mainly, though not exclusively …