Abstract
Under the Principles and Parameters approach to linguistic theory proposed in Chomsky (1981; 1986a) and related work, Universal Grammar (UG) consists of a system of principles, each with certain open parameters to be fixed on the basis experience with primary linguistic data. By appropriately fixing the parameters of UG, a particular (Core) Grammar is determined which, by hypothesis, correlates in some important aspects with the Real Grammar represented in some way in the mind/brain of the individual speaker. Ultimately, given an interesting theory of UG, by appropriately fixing the specific values of the parameters of UG, the facts of the particular (Core) Grammars should be deducible from the system of principles.
Portions of the material covered in this article were presented in lectures at UCLA (Summer 1982), MIT (Fall 1983) and Princeton University (Spring 1987). I am indebted to Robert Freidin and Carlos Otero for comments and encouragement. Thanks are due also to Aryon D. Rodrigues and Mario Montalbetti for comments. The article was written while I was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Dartmouth College, Summer 1987, and I would like to express my gratitude to the Department for a most pleasant working environment. The research was supported, in part, by a UCLA Academic Senate Research Grant, which I gratefully acknowledge.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Ali, M. S. (1919) Dificuldades da Lingua Portuguesa, (5th edition, (1957), Livraria Academica, Rio de Janeiro.
Aoun, J. (1985) A Grammar of Anaphora, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Barbosa, J.S. (1881) Gramatica Filosofica da Lingua Portuguesa, Academia Real das Ciencias, Lisboa.
Bello, A. (1903) Gramatica de la Lengua Castellana, Roger and Chervoviz, Paris.
Berwick, R. (1982) Locality Principles and the Acquisition of Syntactic Knowledge, Ph. D. dissertation, MIT, Cambridge, Mass.
Berwick, R. and A. Weinberg (1983) The Grammatical Basis of Linguistic Performance, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Borer, H., (ed.) (1987) The Syntax of Pronominal Clitics, Academic Press, New York.
Carrano, M. L. (1987) Subject Infinitival-Auxiliary Inversion in Portuguese, M.A. thesis, UCLA, Los Angeles.
Cegalla, D. P. (1977) Novissima Gramatica da Lingua Portuguesa, Editora Nacional, Sao Paulo.
Chomsky, N. (1977 “On WH-Movement,” in P. W. Culicover, T. Wasow, and A. Akmajian, eds., Formal Syntax, Academic Press, New York.
Chomsky, N. (1980) “On Binding”, Linguistic Inquiry 11, 1–46.
Chomsky, N. (1981) Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.
Chomsky, N. (1982) Some Concepts and Consequences of the Theory of Government and Binding, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Chomsky, N. (1986a) Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use, Praeger, New York.
Chomsky, N. (1986b) Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Dias, A.E.S. (1918) Sintaxe Historica Portuguesa, Livraria Classica Editora, Lisboa.
Freidin, R. (1986) “Fundamental Issues in the Theory of Binding,” in B. Lust, ed., Studies in the Acquisition of Anaphora, D. Reidel, Dordrecht.
Galves, C. (1980) Les Relations Anaphoriques en Portugais, Doctoral dissertation, University of Paris IV, Paris.
George, L. and J. Kornfilt (1981) “Finiteness and Boundedness in Turkish,” in F. Heny, ed., Binding and Filtering, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Góis, C. (1958) Sintaxe de Concordancia, 12nd edition, Livraria Francisco Alves, Rio de Janeiro.
Grosu, A. and J. Horvath (1984) “The GB Theory and Raising in Rumanian,” Linguistic Inquiry 15, 348–353.
Jaeggli, O. (1982) Topics in Romance Syntax, Foris, Dordrecht.
Kayne, R. S. (1975) French Syntax, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Kayne, R. S. (1981a) “Binding, Quantifiers, Clitics, and Control,” in F. Heny, ed., Binding and Filtering, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Kayne, R. S. (1981b) “On Certain Differences between French and English,” Linguistic Inquiry 12, 349–371.
Lasnik, H. and M. Saito (1984) “On the Nature of Proper Government,” Linguistic Inquiry 15, 235–289.
Maurer, T. H. (1968) O Infinitivo Flexionado Portugues, Editora Nacional, Sao Paulo.
Perini, M. A. (1974) A Grammar of Portuguese Infinitives, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, Austin.
Perlmutter, D. M. (1972) “Evidence for Shadow Pronoun in French Relativization,” in P.M. Peranteau et al., eds., The Chicago Which Hunt: Papers from the Relative Clause Festival, Chicago Linguistic Society, Chicago, Illinois.
Picallo, C. (1984) “The Infl Node and the Null Subject Parameter,” Linguistic Inquiry 15, 75–102.
Quicoli, A. C. (1976a) “On Portuguese Impersonal Verbs,” in J. Schmidt-Radefeldt, ed., Readings in Portuguese Linguistics, North-Holland, Dordrecht.
Quicoli, A.C. (1976b) “Conditions on Clitic Movement in Portuguese,” Linguistic Analysis 2, 199–224.
Quicoli, A.C. (1982) The Structure of Complementation, Story-Scientia, Ghent.
Raposo, E. (1975) Uma Restricao Derivacional Global sobre o Infinitivo em Portugues, Boletim de Filologia 24, 75–293.
Raposo, E. (1987) “Case Theory and Infl-to-Comp: The Inflected Infinitive in European Portuguese”, Linguistic Inquiry 18, 85–109.
Rizzi, L. (1982) Issues in Italian Syntax, Foris, Dordrecht.
Rouveret, A. (1980) “Sur la Notion de Proposition Finie: Gouvernment et Inversion,” Recherches Linguistiques 9, 76–140.
Rouveret, A. and J.R. Vergnaud (1980) “Specifying Reference to the Subject: French Causatives and Conditions on Representations,” Linguistic Inquiry 11, 75–107.
Silva, S. M. (1983) Etudes sur la Symetrie et l’Asymetrie Sujet/Object dans le Portugais du Bresil, Doctoral dissertation, University of Paris VIII.
Smyth, H. W. (1920) Greek Grammar, Harvard U. Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Sten, H. (1952) L’Infinitivo Impessoal et L’Infinitivo Pessoal en Portugais Moderne, Boletim de Filologia 13.
Stowell, T. (1982) “The Tense of Infinitives,” Linguistic Inquiry 3, 561–570.
Zubizarreta, M. L. (1980) “Remarks on Inflected Infinitives in Portuguese”, ms., MIT, Cambridge, Mass.
Zubizarreta, M. L. (1982) “Theoretical Implications of Subject Extraction in Portuguese,” The Linguistic Review 2, 79–96.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1996 Kluwer Academic Publishers
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Quicoli, A.C. (1996). Inflection and Parametric Variation: Portuguese vs. Spanish. In: Freidin, R. (eds) Current Issues in Comparative Grammar. Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, vol 35. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0135-3_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0135-3_2
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-0-7923-3779-9
Online ISBN: 978-94-009-0135-3
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive