이태리어의 pro와 영 주어 매개변인

Abstract

Parametric variation is itself predetermined; the values which we can assign to a parameter are selections made within a restricted class of possibilities. The purpose of comparative research is to identify the parameters which have to be set by the learner and what kinds of settings there are. If a language has property X, it will also have property Y and property Z. For instance, a language with strong AGRs like Italian will have V-movement to AGR and V-movement to C. But in a recent development in generative syntax referred to GB framework, it has been observed that the morphological properties of a language determine its syntax, and recent work in comparative syntax tends to reduce parametric variation to morphological properties of the languages concerned. This comparative approach to syntax broadens the scope of our study.