Table of Contents

Preface ix
1 Investigating Structure 1
2 Learnability Matters 37
3 Locality and Beyond 61
4 Reducing Reduced Phrase Markers 99
5 Structural Variation, Language Acquisition, and Machine Learning 135
6 Conclusions and Future Research 171
Notes 183
References 207
Index 225

About the Author

Howard Lasnik is Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland. Juan Uriagereka is Professor of Linguistics and Director of the School of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures at the University of Maryland.