Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Part I. Syntax and semantics
6. 1. Inverse reflexives 3
7. 2. On the nature of the approximative expression NUM- odd 37
8. 3. Skating along the syntactic verge: Experimental pragmatics and understood elements of content 55
9. 4. Current challenges to the Lexicalist Hypothesis: An overview and a critique 91
10. Part II. Psycholinguistics
11. 5. On the homogeneity of syntax: How similar do coordinates and subordinates look to the comprehension system? 121
12. 6. The effect of case marking on subject-verb agreement errors in English 135
13. 7. First language acquisition of coordination: The mud-puddle study and beyond 151
14. 8. Frequency effects in children's syntactic and morphological development 177
15. 9. Abstract linguistic representations and innateness: The development of determiners 189
16. Part III. Language as a Formal System
17. 10. One-level finite-state phonology 209
18. 11. Biolinguistics today and Platonism yesterday 227
19. Part IV. Standards
20. 12. Linguistics as a community activity: The paradox of freedom through standards 235
21. 13. Sherwin Cody's school of English 251
22. Index 263