Download or read book Parameters and Universals written by Richard S. Kayne and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-09-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of previously published essays on comparative syntax by the distinguished linguist Richard Kayne. The papers cover issues of comparative syntax as they are applied to French, Italian, and other Romance languages and dialects, together forming a strongly cohesive set that will be valuable to both scholars and students.