Micro syntactic variation in north american english oxford scholarship by comparing linguistic varieties that are quite similar overall linguists can often determine where and how grammatical systems differ and how they change over time the goal of this work is to provide a systematic look at minimal differences in the syntax of varieties of . Micro syntactic variation in north american english oxford studies in comparative syntax 1st edition micro syntactic variation in north american english oxford studies in comparative syntax 1st edition by raffaella zanuttini editor laurence horn editor isbn 13 978 0199367214 isbn 10 0199367213. Micro syntactic variation in north american english edited by raffaella zanuttini and laurence horn oxford studies in comparative syntax offers a detailed description and analysis of understudied but grammatically interesting constructions in north american english emphasizes syntactic as opposed to phonological or lexical variation. Micro syntactic variation in north american english micro syntactic variation in north american english raffaella zanuttini oxford studies in comparative syntax editors raffaella zanuttini. Micro syntactic variation in north american english edited by raffaella zanuttini and laurence horn oxford studies in comparative syntax offers a detailed description and analysis of understudied but grammatically interesting constructions in north american english emphasizes syntactic as opposed to phonological or lexical variation