Comparative Syntax and Language Acquisition (Hardcover)

1. Introduction Part I: Principles and Parameters in the Pronominal Systems 2. Null objects in Italian and the theory of pro 3. Three issues in Romance dialectology 4. Some notes on Romance cliticization Part II: Locality 5. On chain formation 6. On the Anaphor-agreement effect 7. Argument-adjunct (a)symmetries 8. Direct perception, government and Thematic Sharing Part III: Cartography 9. Residual Verb Second and the Wh Criterion 10. The fine structure of the left periphery Part IV: Acquistion 11. Early null subjects and root null subjects 12. Remarks on linguistic theory and language development: The case of root infinitives