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Universal Grammar and Variation by Webster Onur Özdamar is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses universal grammar and parametric variation. It proposes that while all languages share basic syntactic properties like the Merge operation, they can vary in other respects according to parameters set by universal grammar. One such parameter is a head position parameter, which determines whether a language is head-initial or head-final. Verb raising is used as an example, with French requiring verb raising to I while English only allows auxiliary raising to I, explaining differences i
- Author
- Webster Onur Özdamar
- Language
- EN