The distinction between lexical and functional elements plays a major role in current
research in syntax and neighboring aspects of the study of language. In this article, we …

Cartographic studies have focused on the sequences of functional elements which
characterize the fine structure of the different zones of clauses and phrases. Such functional …

Syntactic structures are complex objects, whose subtle properties have been highlighted
and elucidated by half a century of formal syntactic studies, building on a much older …

The analysis of the left periphery was one of the first topics of the research program referred
to as “the cartography of syntactic structures.” This program is based on the observation that …

In classical X-bar theory, labels of categories were determined by the X-bar schema: A head
entering syntax would automatically generate its own projection. In a Merge-based system …

Speakers have competent intuitions in assessing word order alternations as well as in
judging different prosodic patterns. Speakers can find a certain superficial word order tout …

This article bears on the acquisition of direct wh-questions by typical and SLI learners of L1-
French. The background theoretical assumption is the Derivational Complexity Hypothesis …

Natural language syntax is unbounded, but syntactic processes respect fundamental locality
principles. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate linguistic locality through various …

Focus is regularly treated as a cross-linguistically stable category that is merely manifested
by different structural means in different languages, such that a common focus feature may …

This article addresses one particular aspect of the cartographic enterprise, the cartographic
study of the left periphery of the clause, the system of criteria, and the “syntacticisation” of …