This book presents an account of word order phenomena from the point of view of the word order rules posited in several models of grammar. As such it differs from most discussions of word order which are either purely typological in nature or couched in a single model of description. In examining the treatment of linearization suggested in quite different theoretical frameworks the book seeks to establish the range of factors that need to be invoked in the specification of order on a crosslinguistic basis. It simultaneously provides a fair idea of the different approaches to linearization currently in vogue and the variety of available analyses of the same word order facts.

Edges in Syntax: Scrambling and Cyclic Linearization

This book examines how word order variations in language can be regulated by various factors in cyclic syntax. In particular, it offers a valuable contribution to the current debate concerning the effect of cyclic Spell-out on the (re-)ordering of elements in scrambling.