Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks In Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theories and Approaches to Spanish Linguistics
- 1 Generative Linguistics: Syntax
- 2 Optimality Theory and Spanish/Hispanic Linguistics
- 3 Usage-Based Approaches to Spanish Linguistics
- 4 Functional-Typological Approaches to Hispanic Linguistics
- 5 Psycholinguistic Approaches to Hispanic Linguistics
- 6 Corpus Approaches to the Study of Language, Variation, and Change
- Part II The Spanish Sound System
- Part III Spanish Morphosyntax and Meaning
- Part IV Spanish in Social, Geographic, and Historical Contexts
- Part V The Acquisition of Spanish
- Index
- References
1 - Generative Linguistics: Syntax
from Part I - Theories and Approaches to Spanish Linguistics
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics
- Cambridge Handbooks In Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Spanish Linguistics
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Theories and Approaches to Spanish Linguistics
- 1 Generative Linguistics: Syntax
- 2 Optimality Theory and Spanish/Hispanic Linguistics
- 3 Usage-Based Approaches to Spanish Linguistics
- 4 Functional-Typological Approaches to Hispanic Linguistics
- 5 Psycholinguistic Approaches to Hispanic Linguistics
- 6 Corpus Approaches to the Study of Language, Variation, and Change
- Part II The Spanish Sound System
- Part III Spanish Morphosyntax and Meaning
- Part IV Spanish in Social, Geographic, and Historical Contexts
- Part V The Acquisition of Spanish
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter presents an overview of the basic assumptions of generative syntax, which has been a predominant theoretical framework in research on Spanish syntax for the last several decades. It examines developments in the theory from early work in Principles and Parameters (the Government-Binding model) through the current Minimalist Program, and also looks at the interplay between empirical data and theoretical desiderata. The chapter does not present a comprehensive summary of current research topics in generative research on Spanish syntax, but rather sets out to illustrate this interplay between data and theory by presenting a broad look at research on two particular issues in the field: the syntax of clitic pronouns and the syntax and discourse properties of left peripheral constructions such as topicalization. The chapter also discusses the issue of what constitutes valid data within generative syntax, stressing the importance of introspective speaker judgements while touching briefly on current experimental work as a complement to such judgements.
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