Syntactic Complexity

Abstract

1. Introduction (by Givon, T.) 2. Part I. Diachrony 3. From nominal to clausal morphosyntax: Complexity via expansion (by Heine, Bernd) 4. Re(e)volving complexity: Adding intonation (by Mithun, Marianne) 5. Multiple routes to clause union: The diachrony of complex verb phrases (by Givon, T.) 6. On the origins of serial verb constructions in Kalam (by Pawley, Andrew) 7. A quantitative approach to the development of complex predicates: The case of Swedish Pseudo-Coordination with sitta sit (by Hilpert, Martin) 8. Elements of complex structures, where recursion isn't: The case of relativization (by Shibatani, Masayoshi) 9. Nominalization and the origin of subordination (by Deutscher, Guy) 10. The co-evolution of syntactic and pragmatic complexity: Diachronic and cross-linguistic aspects of pseudoclefts (by Koops, Christian) 11. Two pathways of grammatical evolution (by Dahl, Osten) 12. Part II. Child language 13. On the role of frequency and similarity in the acquisition of subject and non-subject relative clauses (by Diessel, Holger) 14. 'Starting small' effects in the acquisition of early relative constructions in Spanish (by Rojas Nieto, Cecilia) 15. The ontogeny of complex verb phrases: How children learn to negotiate fact and desire (by Givon, T.) 16. Part III. Cognition and neurology 17. Syntactic complexity versus concatenation in a verbal production task (by Barker, Marjorie) 18. The emergence of linguistic complexity (by MacWhinney, Brian) 19. Cognitive and neural underpinnings of syntactic complexity (by Fernandez-Duque, Diego) 20. Neural mechanisms of recursive processing in cognitive and linguistic complexity (by Tucker, Don M.) 21. Syntactic complexity in the brain (by Friederici, Angela D.) 22. Part IV. Biology and evolution 23. Neural plasticity: The driving force underlying the complexity of the brain (by Tublitz, Nathan) 24. Recursion: Core of complexity or artifact of analysis? (by Bickerton, Derek) 25. Index