Libros de Ian Roberts

Parameter Hierarchies And Universal Grammar

• This book develops a minimalist approach to cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation. Ian Roberts argues that the essential insight of the principles-and-parameters approach to variation can be maintained - albeit in a somewhat different guise - in the...

The Final-over-final Condition

• An examination of the evidence for and the theoretical implications of a universal word order..

Prisoners Or Presidents

The Wonders Of Language

• Ian Roberts offers a stimulating introduction to our greatest gift as a species: our capacity for..

Bandaging The Blitz

• In 1938, eighteen-year-old Phyllis Ellsworth packs her bags, says goodbye to her anxious parents..

Creative Authenticity: 16 Principles To Clarify And Deepen Your Artistic Vision

• Serious working artists are the intended audience of this collection of short essays that clarify..

Parametric Variation

• 368 páginas
• Parametric variation in linguistic theory refers to the systematic grammatical variation permitted by the human language faculty. Although still widely assumed, the parametric theory of variation has in recent years been subject to re-evaluation and criti...

Syntactic Change

• The phenomenon of grammaticalization--the historical process whereby new grammatical material is..

Mastering Composition

• 144 páginas
• The path to better painting begins with Mastering Composition . This effective guide blends clear, visual instruction with 5 step-by-step demonstrations to show you how to plan and paint your best work yet.

Diachronic Syntax

• 508 páginas
• This is an introduction to syntactic change from the perspective of generative theory. Generative..

Syntactic Change

• 275 páginas
• The phenomenon of grammaticalization--the historical process whereby new grammatical material is created--has attracted a great deal of attention within linguistics in recent years. However, until now no attempt has been made to provide a general account...