| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 242 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Leading Linguists ; 22 |
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Routledge leading linguists ; 22.
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| Contents |
Derivation(s) / Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely -- Economy of derivation and representation / Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, Miki Obata, and T. Daniel Seely -- Exploring phase-based implications regarding clausal architecture, a case study : why structural case cannot precede theta / Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely -- On I(nternalist)-functional explanation in Minimalism / Samuel D. Epstein -- Uniterpretable features : what are they and what do they do? / Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely -- Merge, derivational C-command, and Subcategorization in a label-free syntax / T. Daniel Seely -- Structure building that can't be! / Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely -- Simplest merge generates set intersection : implications for complementizer-trace explanation / Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely -- External merge of internal argument DP to VP and its theoretical implications / Hisatsugu Kitahara -- Labeling by minimal search : implications for successive-cyclic A-movement and the conception of the postulate "Phase" / Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely -- What do we wonder is not syntactic? / Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely |
| Summary |
This volume presents a series of papers written by Epstein, Kitahara and Seely, each of which explores fundamental linguistic questions and analytical mechanisms proposed in recent minimalist work, specifically concerning recent analyses by Noam Chomsky. The collection includes eight papers by the collaborators (one with Miki Obata), plus three additional papers, each individually authored by Epstein, Kitahara and Seely, that cover a range of related topics including: the minimalist commitment to explanation via simplification; the Strong Minimalist Thesis; strict adherence to simplest Merge, Merge (X, Y) = {X, Y}, subject to 3rd factor constraints; and state-of-the-art concepts and consequences of Chomsky's most recent proposals. For instance, volume clarifies and explores: the properties of Merge, feature inheritance and Agree; the nature of phases, cyclicity and countercyclicity; the properties of Transfer; the interpretation of features and their values and the role formal features play in the form and function of syntactic operations; and the specific properties of derivations, partially ordered rule application, and the nature of interface representations. At the cutting edge of scholarship in generative syntax, this volume will be an essential resource for syntax researchers seeking to better understand the minimalist program |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 23, 2015) |
| Subject |
Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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Generative grammar.
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Explanation (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Explanation (Linguistics)
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Generative grammar.
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Minimalist theory (Linguistics)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kitahara, Hisatsugu, author.
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Seely, T. Daniel, author.
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| ISBN |
9781317525943 |
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1317525949 |
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9781315722764 |
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1315722763 |
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1138853127 |
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9781138853126 |
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9781317525929 |
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1317525922 |
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9781317525936 |
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1317525930 |
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9781138548749 |
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113854874X |
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