Bare syntax / Cedric Boeckx.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boeckx, Cedric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xii, 295 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Summary:

This important contribution to the Minimalist Program offers a comprehensive theory of locality and new insights into phrase structure and syntactic cartography. It unifies central components of the grammar, increases the symmetry in syntax, and reinforces the central premise of minimalism that language is an optimal system.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Part I

1 Preliminary considerations

1.1 Basic desiderata

1.2 The framework

1.3 The central why-question

2 Outline of a General Theory of Locality

2.1 Merge and Move

2.2 Products of Merge and Products of Move

2.3 Unifying Chains and Projections

2.4 Chains, Projections, and Locality

2.5 Summary

Part II

3 Unambiguous Merge

3.1 The nature of syntax

3.2 Minimal Interface Requirements

3.3 On the form of Merge

3.4 Adjunction

3.5 More on projection

3.6 Conclusion

4 Cartographies and the locality of selection

4.1 Core issues

4.2 The basic pattern

4.3 X-bar everywhere

4.4 Extension by licensing

4.5 Iterated patterns

4.6 Capturing typological restrictions

4.7 How cartographies emerge, and why

4.8 Conclusion: The fractal nature of syntax

5 Islands and the locality of chains

5.1 How to approach the issue

5.2 From Last Resort to Bounding

5.3 Checking and Movement

5.4 Generalized C-trace effect

5.5 Avoiding freezing

5.6 Subextraction, CED, and QED

5.7 On the robustness of the CED-generalization

5.8 Island ''repair''

5.9 Final considerations

Part III

6 Epilogue

References

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-285) and index.

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ISBN:

9780191559990

0191559997

OCLC:

458705849