Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part one: Synchronic variation in phonology and syntax
6. Germanic and Romance onset clusters – how to account for microvariation 25
7. The use of gerunds and infinitives in perceptive constructions 53
8. Adverb and participle agreement 89
9. Why a bed can be slept in but not under 119
10. Deriving idiolectal variation 145
11. On the variable nature of head final effects in German and English 177
12. Part two: Diachronic variation in phonology and syntax
13. Variation and change in Italian phonology 205
14. Which clues for which V2 237
15. Parameter typology from a diachronic perspective 259
16. Part three: On the relationship between language variation and language change in bilingual settings
17. Attrition at the interfaces in bilectal acquisition (Italian/Gallipolino) 295
18. Little v and cross-linguistic variation 317
19. On language acquisition and language change 337
20. Index 371