Advances in Biolinguistics - The Human Language Faculty and Its Biological Basis

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Notes on contributors viii

1 Introduction: the biolinguistic program:
a new beginning 1
KOJI FUJITA AND CEDRIC BOECKX


PART I


Computational issues 7

2 Feature-equilibria in syntax 9
HIROKI NARITA AND NAOKI FUKUI


3 On the primitive operations of syntax 29
TAKAOMI KATO, HIROKI NARITA, HIRONOBU KASAI,
MIHOKO ZUSHI AND NAOKI FUKUI


4 Case and predicate-argument relations 46
MIHOKO ZUSHI


PART II


Development, processing and variations 67

5 Structure dependence in child English: new evidence 69
KOJI SUGISAKI


6 Make a good prediction or get ready for a locality
penalty: maybe it’s coming late 83
HAJIME ONO, KENTARO NAKATANI AND NORIAKI YUSA


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