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Variation and learnability in constraints on A-bar movement
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Huang, Zhipeng |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Title of dissertation: VARIATION AND LEARNABILITY IN CONSTRAINTS ON A-BAR MOVEMENT Nick Huang Doctor of Philosophy, 2019 Dissertation directed by: Professor Colin Phillips and Professor Howard Lasnik Department of Linguistics A classic problem in linguistics is explaining how learners come to know so much about their native languages, despite receiving limited and noisy input. This learning problem becomes especially acute when the linguistic properties in question are obscure and show subtle variation across languages. Cross-linguistic variation means that learners must identify the appropriate points of variation for their language, even though the direct evidence that they need is often hard to detect or even non-existent. This dissertation presents two case studies on constraints in A-bar movement. Because constraints are by nature abstract and di cult to observe directly, a classic solution to the learning problem posed by constraints claims that knowledge of these abstract or negative linguistic properties is innate. However, a number of these constraints show cross-linguistic variation, raising questions about how they are represented and how linguistic experience might (or might not) shape linguistic |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.13016/stil-pabw |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/24961/Huang_umd_0117E_20308.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.13016/stil-pabw |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
