Borerian

Adjective

Borerian (comparative more Borerian, superlative most Borerian)

1. Of or relating to the linguist Hagit Borer.
   • We have developed an analysis of one example of cross-linguistic variation which follows that Borerian line of thinking, but at the same time, due to a universal base of underlying syntactico-semantic categories, may still provide an explanatory limit on the bounds of variation.2008, Minjeong Son, Peter Svenonius, “Microparameters of Cross-Linguistic Variation: Directed Motion and Resultatives”, in Natasha Abner, Jason Bishop, editors, Proceedings of the 27th West Coast...
   • While the earlier Principles and Parameters framework conceived of parameters as UG-provided toggle switches with language-particular settings, the Borerian approach, as pursued in feature-driven Minimalist syntax, instead understands parameters in terms of the inventory of features active in a...2020, Bronwyn M. Bjorkman, Daniel Currie Hall, “Contrast and representations in syntax: Introduction”, in Bronwyn M. Bjorkman, Daniel Currie Hall, editors, Contrast and Representations in Syntax...