Anders Holmberg received his PhD from Stockholm University in 1987 and is currently Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at Newcastle University, having previously held positions in Morocco, Sweden, and Norway. His main research interests are in the fields of comparative syntax and syntactic theory, with particular focus on the Scandinavian languages and Finnish. His publications include numerous articles in journals such as Lingua, Linguistic Inquiry, Theoretical Linguistics, and Studia Linguistica, and he is the co-editor, with Theresa Biberauer, Ian Roberts, and Michelle Sheehan, of Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory (CUP 2010).

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• 1. Introduction ; 2. The syntax of questions ; 3. The syntax of answers ; 4. How to answer negative questions ; 5. Some further issues ; 6. Conclusions ; References ; Index

Anders Holmberg received his PhD from Stockholm University in 1987 and is currently Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at Newcastle University, having previously held positions in Morocco, Sweden, and Norway. His main research interests are in the fields of comparative syntax and syntactic theory, with particular focus on the Scandinavian languages and Finnish. His publications include numerous articles in journals such as Lingua, Linguistic Inquiry, Theoretical Linguistics, and Studia Linguistica, and he is the co-editor, with Theresa Biberauer, Ian Roberts, and Michelle Sheehan, of Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory (CUP 2010).

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• 1. Introduction ; 2. The syntax of questions ; 3. The syntax of answers ; 4. How to answer negative questions ; 5. Some further issues ; 6. Conclusions ; References ; Index

Anders Holmberg received his PhD from Stockholm University in 1987 and is currently Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at Newcastle University, having previously held positions in Morocco, Sweden, and Norway. His main research interests are in the fields of comparative syntax and syntactic theory, with particular focus on the Scandinavian languages and Finnish. His publications include numerous articles in journals such as Lingua, Linguistic Inquiry, Theoretical Linguistics, and Studia Linguistica, and he is the co-editor, with Theresa Biberauer, Ian Roberts, and Michelle Sheehan, of Parametric Variation: Null Subjects in Minimalist Theory (CUP 2010).

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• 1. Introduction ; 2. The syntax of questions ; 3. The syntax of answers ; 4. How to answer negative questions ; 5. Some further issues ; 6. Conclusions ; References ; Index