In:Theoretical Approaches to Linguistic Variation
Edited by Ermenegildo Bidese, Federica Cognola and Manuela Caterina Moroni
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 234] 2016
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 1 December 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.234.toc
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: Triggers for language variation
Part one: Synchronic variation in phonology and syntax
Germanic and Romance onset clusters – how to account for microvariation
The use of gerunds and infinitives in perceptive constructions: The effects of a threefold parametric variation in some Romance varieties
Adverb and participle agreement: For a parameter hierarchy in Italo-Romance microvariation
Why a bed can be slept in but not under: Variation in V+P constructions
Deriving idiolectal variation: English wh-raising
On the variable nature of head final effects in German and English: An interface account
Part two: Diachronic variation in phonology and syntax
Variation and change in Italian phonology: On the mutual dependence of grammar and lexicon in Optimality Theory
Which clues for which V2: A contribution to the typology of V2 on the basis of Old Italian
Parameter typology from a diachronic perspective: The case of Conditional Inversion
Part three: On the relationship between language variation and language change in bilingual settings
Attrition at the interfaces in bilectal acquisition (Italian/Gallipolino)
Little v and cross-linguistic variation: Evidence from code switching and the Surinamese creoles
On language acquisition and language change: Is transmission failure favoured in multilingual heritage contexts?
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