The Cambridge handbook of comparative syntax / edited by Sjef Barbiers, Norbert Corver, Maria Polinsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barbiers, Sjef, 1959- editor.

Corver, Norbert, 1963- editor.

Polinsky, Maria, editor.

Series:

Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Bringing together a globally representative team of scholars, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in comparative syntax, the study of universal and variable properties of grammatical structures in natural languages. It is essential reading for researchers and students in linguistics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The comparative syntactic enterprise : an introduction / Sjef Barbiers, Norbert Corver, Maria Polinsky

Part I. Comparative syntax : theory, methodology and data collection. Theoretical approaches to comparative syntax / Sjef Barbiers, Guido Vanden Wyngaerd, Jenneke van der Wal

Databases for comparative syntactic research / Balthasar Bickel, Jessica K. Ivani

Quantitative approaches to syntactic variation / Jeroen van Craenenbroeck, Marjo van Koppen

Computational approaches to syntactic variation / Tim Hunter, Robert Frank

Comparative syntax from formal and functional perspectives / Polina Pleshak, Maria Polinsky

Micro-comparative syntax, dialectology, and sociolinguistics / Sjef Barbiers

Change : comparative syntax and diachrony / Adam Ledgeway

Universal and language-specific properties of language : a view from language acquistion / Maria Teresa Guasti, Elena Pagliarini

Part II. Comparative syntax : building blocks and combinatorial properties. Words and features / Paula Fenger, Maria Kouneli

Pronouns : structure, binding, and classification / Elizabeth Ritter, Martina Wiltschko

Functional architecture of nominal phrases / Artemis Alexiadou

Functional architecture of adjectival phrases / Norbert Corver

Functional architecture of prepositional phrases / Marcel den Dikken, Éva D́ekány

Analyzing tenselessness / Hamida Demirdache, Hongyuan Sun

Voice / Jim Wood, Matthew Tyler

Coordination / Jan-Wouter Zwart

Clause types / Raffaella Zanuttini, Paul Portner, Miok Pak

Part III. Comparative syntax : dependency relations and dependency marking. Agreement and concord / Emily Clem, Mark Norris

Head dependencies / Ian Roberts

A-dependencies / Suzanna Fong, Claire Halpert

Anaphoric dependencies / Martin Everaert, Eric Reuland

The comparative syntax of nominal quantifiers / Peter Jenks

Ā-dependencies and successive cyclic movement / Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng

From interrogatives to relatives : a comprehensive account of wh- constructions / Radek Šimek

Part IV. Comparative syntax : interfaces. Syntax semantics / Klaus Abels, Veneeta Dayal

Comparative syntax, morphology, and "externalization" : (What happens at PF?) / David Embick

Syntax and externalization : linearization / Ad Neeleman

Cross-modal comparative syntax / Roland Pfau, Josep Quer

Syntax and information structure / Fatima Hamlaoui, Kriszta Szendrői

Syntactic dependency formation in sentence processiong : a comparative perspective / Brian Dillon, Maayan Keshev.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed January 19, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Cambridge handbook of comparative syntax

ISBN:

9781009179362

1009179365

9781009189057

1009189050

OCLC:

1453287408

Publisher Number:

CIPO000198010

CIPO000214032

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license