Description
The Parameter in Generative Grammar explores the intellectual history of one of linguistics’ most influential concepts. Alessandro Riolfi examines how the parameter framework emerged within Chomsky’s generative grammar tradition and how it revolutionized our approach to understanding linguistic diversity across human languages.
The book traces the parameter concept’s development from its early formulation through subsequent theoretical refinements and debates. Riolfi analyzes key contributions from leading linguists and demonstrates how parameters provided a systematic way to account for cross-linguistic variation while maintaining a theory of universal grammar.
Essential reading for linguists, historians of science, and those interested in how foundational concepts shape academic disciplines, this work illuminates both the successes and limitations of the parameter framework in explaining human language capacity.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.