ABSTRACT
In this chapter I propose a new account of the phonology-syntax interface. This account has four properties which make it different from previous accounts of the interface, although some of these differences are rather subtle. First, the account I propose relies more on syntactic variation in the construction of phonological domains than phonological variation, although it is not a direct reference account because there is still a degree of specifically phonological variation in the interface. As suggested in the previous chapter, an entirely syntactic (or direct reference) account of the interface is not possible. In addition, I make a methodological point. Variation in domains between languages should first be assumed to be syntactic in origin, and only when phonological variation cannot be shown to have a syntactic explanation should a complication of phonological grammar be introduced.
