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 '''Parameter''' is a notion in the theory of [[Universal Grammar]] and [[language acquisition]]. In Universal Grammar parameters specify certain options: the [[core-grammar]] of a specific language, then, is the result of the specific setting of these parameters.
-=== Example ===
+== Example ==
-the [[Head parameter|Head Parameter]] offers a choice between [[head-first]] (chosen in [[English]]) or [[head-last]] (chosen in [[Japanese]]), which means that the head of a syntactic [[constituent]] precedes or follows its [[complement]]. Parameter theory thus provides an explanation for systematic syntactic variation between languages, and puts restrictions on the number of choices which the language learner has to make.
+== Links ==
+*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Parameter&lemmacode=376 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
 * Chomsky, N. 1986a. ''Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use,'' Praeger, New York.
 * Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.
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 * Roeper, T and E. Williams (eds.) 1987. ''Parameter Setting,'' Reidel, Kluwer:Dordrecht.
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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[Parameter (de)]]	+	'''Parameter''' is a notion in the theory of [[Universal Grammar]] and [[language acquisition]]. In Universal Grammar parameters specify certain options: the [[core-grammar]] of a specific language, then, is the result of the specific setting of these parameters.
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		+	=== Example ===
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		+	the [[Head parameter\|Head Parameter]] offers a choice between [[head-first]] (chosen in [[English]]) or [[head-last]] (chosen in [[Japanese]]), which means that the head of a syntactic [[constituent]] precedes or follows its [[complement]]. Parameter theory thus provides an explanation for systematic syntactic variation between languages, and puts restrictions on the number of choices which the language learner has to make.
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		+	=== Links ===
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		+	[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Parameter&lemmacode=376 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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		+	=== References ===
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		+	* Chomsky, N. 1986a. ''Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use,'' Praeger, New York.
		+	* Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.
		+	* Roeper, T and E. Williams (eds.) 1987. ''Parameter Setting,'' Reidel, Kluwer:Dordrecht.
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