Books in the Routledge Leading Linguists series

This book is a compilation of writings, many previously unpublished, by Jean-Roger Vergnaud from 2001 to 2010, in collaboration with colleagues and students. This work is guided by the scientific belief that broader mathematical principles should guide linguistic inquiry, as they guide biology and physics.

This book presents an analysis of a variety of central linguistic notions, such as case agreement, obviation, and rigidity, from a derivational perspective.

Represents a contribution to the field of linguistics in drawing together the author's significant work on the theory of generative grammar.

In this collection of essays, Rizzi addresses the central issues in syntax theory, comparative syntax and the theoretically conscious study of language acquisition.

Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work from his substantial contribution to linguistic theory.

This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. and makes available important and some less easily accessible publications with new introductory material.

This book makes a vital contribution to substantive and methodological debates in linguistic theory, and should therefore be of interest to any serious scholar of the discipline.

Contains articles that represent the best of the author's work on the syntax-semantics interface. This title includes three general topics such as: questions, indefinites and quantification; anaphora; as well as, lexical structure and the syntax of events.

Presents various strands of research focusing on aspects of the syntax of agreement, and the role that agreement plays in linguistic theory. This volume contains essays which show how and why agreement has emerged as the central theoretical construct in minimalism.

Addresses various central themes in Italian and Romance syntax ranging from verb syntax to word order issues and their status in discourse contexts.

This collection brings together some of Dominique Sportiche's best work, including essays that are published here for the first time. The articles examine the architecture of syntax in natural languages.

Drawing on some of Johan Roorycks most ground-breaking work, this study forms a valuable illustration of the interaction between syntax and semantics where matrix and embedded sentences meet.

A collection of essays examining syntax and semantics, with particular focus on double object construction and adjuncts.

Features a selection of essays and articles from one of the most influential theoretical linguists. This book's main focus is the nature and structure of invariant principles and parameters and how they interact to give principled accounts to a variety of seemingly unrelated differences between English and Japanese.

This book is a compilation of writings, many previously unpublished, by Jean-Roger Vergnaud from 2001 to 2010, in collaboration with colleagues and students. This work is guided by the scientific belief that broader mathematical principles should guide linguistic inquiry, as they guide biology and physics.

The essays here cover a wide range of topics: the interpretation and distribution of pronouns; ECP effects; specifiers and phrase structure; heads; the role and functioning of head movement; and the architecture of grammar.