Synchronic variation in diachronic perspective: Question formation in Québec French

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Parameter-based and Minimalist approaches
5. Methodological considerations on grammar variation. The right periphery as an OV/VO deciding parameter more so than the left periphery: Gradience in the verb cluster 21
6. Variation as lexical choice: have, got and the expression of possession 59
7. Variation in Icelandic morphosyntax 81
8. Constraint-based approaches
9. The predicative as a source of grammatical variation 99
10. Morphological variation:A declarative approach 117
11. Different notions of variation and their reflexes in Swiss German relativization 135
12. From documentation to grammatical description: Prepositional phrases in Ruhrdeutsch 163
13. Usage-based, construction-based and statistical approaches
14. Can we factor out free choice? 183
15. Empirical syntax: Idiolectal variability in two- and three-verb clusters in regional standard Dutch and Dutch dialects 203
16. Towards a multivariate model of grammar: The case of word order variation in Dutch clause final verb clusters 225
17. Synchronic variation in diachronic perspective: Question formation in Québec French 255
18. Agreement in English dialects 271
19. Semi-modal variation 297
20. Variation in Komi object marking 325
21. How lexicalization reflected in hyphenation affects variation and word-formation 361
22. Variation in German adjective inflection: A corpus study 389
23. Backmatter 407