Rizzi Luigi. Comparative Syntax and Language Acquisition

Routledge, 2000. — vii, 395 p. — (Routledge Leading Linguists). — ISBN: 0-203-46178-9.This important work explores the key linguistic issues of syntactic theory, comparative syntax, and the study of language acquisition. Written by Luigi Rizzi, one of the discipline’s leading authorities, some of the essays collected here have already been profoundly influential in their field. Others are published here for the first time, and present important new directions for linguistic research.This study is centred on four major topics:the theory of principles and parameters, with special reference to the properties and functioning of the pronominal systems the theory of locality
the detailed study of syntactic configurations, leading to a refined cartography of structural positions
the theory-conscious comparative studyof language acquisition and language development.This book represents an essential text for any linguist with a particular interest in syntax and language acquisition.Principles and parameters in the pronominal systems
Null objects in Italian and the theory of pro
Three issues in Romance dialectology
Some notes on Romance cliticization
Locality
On chain formation
On the anaphor-agreement effect
Argument/adjunct (a)symmetries
Direct perception, government and thematic sharing
Cartography
Residual verb second and the Wh Criterion
The fine structure of the left periphery
Acquisition
Early null subjects and root null subjects
Some notes on linguistic theory and language development: the case of root infinitives