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      Beginning Syntax: An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis

      Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge)

      This engaging introduction to generative syntax leads students through the theory from the very beginning, assuming no prior knowledge. Examples are chosen to be easily understood, and a comprehensive glossary…

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      The Wonders of Language: Or How to Make Noises and Influence People

      Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge)

      This thought-provoking book offers an accessible introduction to the main discoveries and theories about the nature and wonder of language. It is aimed at general readers and undergraduates who are…

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      Beginning Syntax: An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis

      Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge)

      This engaging introduction to generative syntax leads students through the theory from the very beginning, assuming no prior knowledge. Examples are chosen to be easily understood, and a comprehensive glossary…

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      The Wonders of Language: Or How to Make Noises and Influence People

      Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge)

      This thought-provoking book offers an accessible introduction to the main discoveries and theories about the nature and wonder of language. It is aimed at general readers and undergraduates who are…

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      Eine Rechnung, Die Nicht Aufgeht: Identity and Ideology in the Fiction of Wolfdietrich Schnurre

      Professor of Linguistics Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge UK)

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      Syntactic Change: A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization

      Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge),Anna Roussou (University of Patras, Greece)

      The phenomenon of grammaticalization - the historical process whereby new grammatical material is created - has attracted a great deal of attention within linguistics. This is an attempt to provide…

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      Syntactic Change: A Minimalist Approach to Grammaticalization

      Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge),Anna Roussou (University of Patras, Greece)

      The phenomenon of grammaticalization - the historical process whereby new grammatical material is created - has attracted a great deal of attention within linguistics. This is an attempt to provide…

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      Diachronic Syntax

      Ian Roberts (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Cambridge)

      This second edition of Diachronic Syntax has been fully revised and updated throughout to cover the multiple developments in the area in the last decade. Written by one of the…

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      Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar

      Ian Roberts (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Cambridge)

      In this book, 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 context…

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      Parameter Hierarchies and Universal Grammar

      Ian Roberts (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Cambridge)

      In this book, 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 context…

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      Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory

      Theresa Biberauer (University of Cambridge),Anders Holmberg (University of Newcastle upon Tyne),Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge),Michelle Sheehan (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)

      Parametric variation in linguistic theory refers to the systematic grammatical variation permitted by the human language faculty. This book is a defence of the parametric approach to linguistic variation, set…

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      Principles and Parameters in a VSO Language: A Case Study in Welsh

      Ian G. Roberts (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Cambridge)

      A monograph introducing a lucid and succinct analysis of the main syntactic properties of Welsh. The author puts forward a general analysis of clause structure, agreement, case-marking, and other phenomena…

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      Principles and Parameters in a VSO Language: A Case Study in Welsh

      Ian G. Roberts (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Cambridge)

      Introducing a succinct analysis of the main syntactic properties of Welsh, the author puts forward a general analysis of clause structure, agreement, case-marking, and other phenomena. He also provides us…

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      The Final-Over-Final Condition: A Syntactic Universal

      Michelle Sheehan (Reader, Anglia Ruskin University),Theresa Biberauer (Senior Research Associate, University of Cambridge),Ian Roberts (Professor of Linguistics, University of Cambridge),Anders Holmberg (Professor in Theoretical Linguistics, Newcastle University)

      An examination of the evidence for and the theoretical implications of a universal word order constraint, with data from a wide range of languages.

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