Word Order and Scrambling [Hardcover]

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• Introduces readers to recent research into the linguistic phenomenon called scrambling, or free word order.
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• Explores major issues including factors responsible for word order variations, how scrambled constructions are processed, and whether variations are available in early child language development and in second language acquisition.
  
• Discusses a number of typologically diverse languages including Hindi, Japanese, and Navajo.
  
• Provides enlightening information on different aspects of word order variation and the consequences for our understanding of the nature of human language.

Acknowledgments ix

Notes on Contributors x

Introduction by Simin Karimi xiii

1 Topic and Focus Scope Positions in Navajo 1
Kenneth Hale, Eloise Jelinek, and MaryAnn Willie

2 Argument Scrambling, Operator Movement, and Topic Movement in Hungarian 22
Katalin E. Kiss

3 Grammatical Relations in Tohono O’odham: an Instrumental Perspective 44
Mizuki Miyashita, Richard Demers, and Delbert Ortiz

4 Bare Nominals: Non-Specific and Contrastive Readings under Scrambling 67
Veneeta Dayal

5 On Object Positions, Specificity, and Scrambling in Persian 91
Simin Karimi

6 Scrambling, Sl#t