Koopman's (2000) investigation of the structure of Dutch PPs is a significant milestone in
generativists' thinking about adpositions. 1 By showing that there is quite a bit more to the …

In this book, Cinque takes a generative perspective on typological questions relating to word
order and to the syntax of relative clauses. In particular, Cinque looks at: the position of the …

This book presents and analyzes various features of the morphosyntax of Borgomanerese, a
Gallo-Italic dialect spoken in the town of Borgomanero, in the Piedmont region of Northern …

This introductory chapter discusses some of the main threads of the analyses proposed in
the remaining chapters and one of their general implications: that phrases composed of …

Home Sweet Home∗ Page 1 Home Sweet Home∗ Chris Collins 1. Introduction The word “home”
can be used as a directional or a (non-directional) locative, as shown in the following examples …

This dissertation proposes an account for cross-linguistic variation at the lexical level. The
proposal stems from a strong version of Hale and Keyser's hypothesis according to which …

The main aim of the article is to identify Slovenian children's attitudes towards foreign
languages (FL), their motivation for learning languages, the influence of different significant …

This paper explores the idea that the properties of adpositional systems can suffice to
explain the Talmian distinction between satellite and verb framed languages. Following the …

Many languages show a degree of overlapping between the distinct categories of
adpositions and cases. 1 Case markers typically used to express 1 In Basque, case suffixes …

One of the most fundamental properties of human language is its hierarchical organization.
A linguistic expression like (1a) is not merely a linear sequence of words, as in (1b), but is …