This book addresses a question fundamental to any discussion of grammatical theory and
grammatical variation: to what extent can principles of grammar be explained through …

This book examines the grammatical changes that took place in the transition from Latin to
the Romance languages. The emerging language underwent changes in three fundamental …

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 …

In this volume Silvio Cruschina uses a comparative analysis to determine the syntax of the
functional projections associated with discourse-related features, and to account for the …

This article investigates the Final-over-Final Constraint (FOFC): a head-initial category
cannot be the immediate structural complement of a head-final category within the same …

This book provides an overview of the phonology of Italian. It covers the different levels of
analysis from individual sounds up to the phrasal level. It focuses on the most widely …

A Linguistic History of Italian offers a clear and concise explanation of why modern Italian
grammar has become the way it is. It focuses on the effects of historical changes on the …

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 book makes accessible the major structural features of the dialects of Italy and
emphasises the importance of a detailed understanding of the dialects for issues in general …

The research on which this book is based started in 2004. I had the opportunity to present
part of the findings to various audiences. I hope they will find that their reactions have …