This page features a series of papers by Frederick Newmeyer, Anders Holmberg and Ian Roberts
on the usefulness (or otherwise) of parametric theory.
The papers are presented in the sequence in which they were written.
Against a parameter-setting approach to typological variation
Frederick Newmeyer (2005)
[Published in: Linguistic Variation Yearbook 4: 181 - 234.]
On the role of parameters in Universal Grammar: a reply to Newmeyer
Ian Roberts & Anders Holmberg (2005)
[Published in: Broekhuis, H. , N. Corver, R. Huybregts, U. Kleinhenz & Jan Koster (eds.). (2005).
Organizing Grammar. Linguistic Studies in Honor of Henk van Riemsdijk. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter;
this is a pre-final version.]
A rejoinder to "On the role of parameters in Universal Grammar: a reply to Newmeyer"
by Ian Roberts and Anders Holmberg
Frederick Newmeyer (February 2006)