First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Argues that if the underlying linguistic competence of code switchers people who switch back and forth between languages, dialects, or levels of formality is the same as that of monolinguals for the languages they use, then code switching should not be stigmatized in schools. Also contends that a b

This study examines the meaning of proto-typical conditional-sentence markers like English if and Spanish si from a primarily pragmatic perspective.

This text examines the typology of wh- expressions and indefinite NPs within the minimalist framework.

This text investigates the meaning of conditional protasis markers like Spanish si and English if from a pragmatic perspective instead of taking them to be used in hypothetical or uncertain situations only.

This book examines these diverse segmental asymmetries, using Optimality Theory, a constraint-based approach to generative grammar, as an analytic tool. After introducing the notion of positional privilege, the author presents a series of case studies in which positional faithfulness constraints play a key role. These include coda devoicing, place assimilation, unstressed vowel reduction, nasal harmony and vowel harmony.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The main topic of this work is the interaction between syntactic structure and meanin within the noun phrase, with data drwn primarily from English and Italian.

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.