LING 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Surface Roughness, Head-Directionality Parameter, Deep Structure And Surface Structure
26 Jan 2015
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Principles and parameters: the baker reading discusses a series of principles and parameters, the principles are overarching rules for all languages (these are the things that are universal) A principle: tense suffixes need to attach to a verb: the parameters are different ways that laguages have to satisfy a principle. Two parameters: the verb moves up to join up with the suffix or the suffix moves down to join up with the verb. Svo (42%); sov (45%); vso (9%); vos (3%); ovs (1%); osv (it is wondered if this even happens) Another parameter: example: yoshi-ga ringo-o tabeta, yoshi-nom apples-acc ate, yoshi ate apples", the word order in japanese is different again, now, the complement of the verb is to the left. Two blueprints: english, french, and many other languages: specifier head complement. Japanese, korean, and many other languages: specifier complement head. They all have a specifier, head, and a complement.
