Syntactic variation and spoken language

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Toward an integrated approach to syntactic variation 1
4. Part 1: Aspects of modularity
5. A modular approach to sociolinguistic variation in syntax 31
6. Selective optionality in language development 55
7. Syntactic variation and spoken language 81
8. Part 2: Individual speaker variability and methodological innovation
9. Idiolectal variation and syntactic theory 109
10. Focus raising 123
11. Part 3: Syntactic variability, social stratification and real/apparent time
12. Variation and the minimalist program 149
13. Principles and parameters in change 179
14. Morphosyntactic variation and theory 199
15. Part 4: Syntactic variability across geographical space
16. Word order variation in three-verb clusters and the division of labour between generative linguistics and sociolinguistics 233
17. The third dimension of person features 265
18. Index 301