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  • 8 - Hierarchy and Linear Order

  • from Part I - Configuration and Hierarchy
  • Ian Roberts, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    Continuing Syntax
    Published online:
    03 October 2025
    Print publication:
    25 September 2025, pp 157-175

  • Summary

    In this chapter we extend the role of asymmetric c-command still further, showing how it can derive the linear order of terminal nodes by the Linear Correspondence Axiom (LCA). We start by looking at how X′-theory can be parametrised so as to provide an account of cross-linguistic word-order variation in terms of the Head Parameter, before moving on to the c-command-based theory of linear order based on the LCA. We then look at the consequences of LCA-based theory for the analysis of cross-linguistic word-order variation.