Minimalist essays / edited by Cedric Boeckx.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boeckx, Cedric.

Series:

Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 91.

Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 91

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Minimalism Program is many things to many researchers, and there are by now many alternative versions of it. Central to all is the fundamental question: to what extent is the human language faculty an optimal solution to minimal design specifications. Taken as a whole, the volume outlines the main features of Minimalism, its historical and conceptual sources, and provides an illustration of minimalist theorizing by looking at several properties of the syntactic component of grammar. Some contributions concentrate on what kind of computational tools are made available in a minimalist syntactic component, and how the computational system interacts with external and interface domains of the mind/brain. Other contributions specifically focus on direct empirical gains that emerge from adopting minimalist guidelines.

Contents:

Minimalist Essays

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

List of contributors

Overview

1. Minimalism: A point of entry

Some notes on the minimalist program

2. Minimalist tools and architectural concerns

Move F and PF / LF defectiveness

True optionality: When the grammar doesn't mind*

Focus and clause structuration in the minimalist program

Symmetry in syntax*

Japanese topic-constructions in the minimalist view of the syntax-semantics interface

Weak pronouns, object shift, and multiple spell-out: Evidence for phases at the PF-interface*

Merge, derivational C-command, and subcategorization in a label-free Syntax*

3. Minimalist tools and empirical pay-offs

He himself and binding domains in a minimalist framework*

A minimalist analysis of Japanese passives

A minimalist view on long passive

Null arguments and case-driven Agree in Turkish

On tough-movement*

Spanish existentials and other accusative constructions*

Name index

Subject Index

The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612156014

9781282156012

1282156012

9789027293718

9027293716

OCLC:

191935576