Finiteness: Theoretical and empirical foundations

1. Introduction PART I FINITENESS IN FORMAL THEORIES 2. Three Domains of Finiteness: A Minimalist Perspective 3. Finiteness in Non-Transformational Syntactic Frameworks PART II FINITENESS IN FUNCTIONAL THEORIES AND TYPOLOGY 4. Deconstructing Finiteness: Finiteness in a Functional-Typological Perspective 5. Categories That Make Finiteness: Discreteness From a Functional Perspective and Some of its Repercussions 6. Constructional Economy and Nonfinite Independent Clauses PART III FINITENESS IN INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGES 7. Clausse Structure and Verbal Forms in Nakh-Daghestanian Languages 8. In What Ways can Finite and Non-Finite Clauses Differ? Evidence from Russian 9. Verbal and Nominalised Finite Clauses in Turkish PART IV FINITENESS IN DIACHRONY AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 10. Diachrony and Finiteness: Subordination in the Dialects of Southern Italy 11. Insubordination and its uses 12. Finiteness in L1 and L2 Acquisition References Subject Index Author Index