Stuart Robinson

The new comparative syntax

1. Introduction: on the interaction of theory and description of syntax Liliane Haegeman (University of Geneva) 2. Subjects and clause structure Anna Cardinaletti (University of Venice) 3. Verb syntax in, and beyond, creolization Michel DeGraff (University of Michigan) 4. The categorical status of determiners Giuliana Giusti (University of Venice) 5. Romance causatives Maria Teresa Guasti (Dipsco Milano) 6. Focus and the CP domain Genoveva Puskas (University of Geneva) 7. Event nominals and the construct state Tali Siloni (Tel Aviv University) 8. V -to-I - Movement and inflection for person in all tenses Sten Vikner (Rutgers University) 9. Negation and verb movement Raffaella Zanuttini (University of Georgetown) 10. The Germanic SOV languages and the Universal Base Hypothesis Jan-Wouter Zwart (University of Groningen) 11. A parametric approach to comparative syntax: properties of the pronominal system Luigi Rizzi (University of Geneva) List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements

Syntax: Structure, Meaning and Function

1. The goals of linguistic theory 2. Syntactic structure I: simple clauses and noun phrases 3. Semantic representation I: verbs and arguments 4. Semantic representation II: macroroles, the lexicon and noun phrases 5. Information structure 6. Grammatical relations 7. Linking syntax and semantics in simple sentences 8. Syntactic structure II: complex sentences and noun phrases 9. Linking syntax and semantics in complex sentences Epilogue: the goals of linguistic theory revisited Notes References.

The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

Foreword to the Routledge Classics Edition Preface to the first edition. Preface to the fifth edition. Introduction 1.The great automatic grammatizator 2.Animals that try to talk 3.Grandmamas teeth 4.Predestinate grooves 5.A blueprint in the brain? 6.Chattering children 7.Puzzling it out 8.Celestial unintelligibility 9.The white elephant problem 10.The case of the missing fingerprint 11.The Cheshire Cats grin 12.Bankers clerk or hippopotamus? Suggestions for further reading References Index