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Author Brody, Michael, 1954-

Title Towards an elegant syntax / Michael Brody
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2003

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Description 1 online resource (318 pages)
Contents BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS; 1 ON CIRCULAR READINGS; 2 ON CONTEXTUAL DEFINITIONS AND THE ROLE OF CHAINS; 3 ON THE COMPLEMENTARY DISTRIBUTION OF EMPTY CATEGORIES; BEYOND PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS; 4 ON CHOMSKY'S KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE; 5 A NOTE ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GRAMMAR; 6 THEORY AND ARGUMENTS; TOWARDS AN ELEGANT SYNTAX; 7 PROJECTION AND PHRASE STRUCTURE; 8 PERFECT CHAINS; 9 THE MINIMALIST PROGRAM AND A PERFECT SYNTAX; 10 ON THE STATUS OF REPRESENTATIONS AND DERIVATIONS; ASPECTS OF MIRROR THEORY; 11 MIRROR THEORY
Summary This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. and makes available important and some less easily accessible publications with new introductory material
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203986691
0203986695
1280232676
9781280232671