Spell-out and the minimalist program / Juan Uriagereka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uriagereka, Juan.

Series:

Oxford Linguistics Spell-out and the minimalist program

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minimalist theory (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Cognitive grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Juan Uriagereka explores important consequences of the multiple spell-out hypothesis and of the linked notion of cyclicity. He combines the latest thinking in linguistics with perspectives drawn from physics, biology, and animal behaviour.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Derivations; 2. The extension of computational theories; 3. The main argument for bottom-up systems; 4. How the cycle colors the orthogonality of computations; 5. Three factors of language design; 6. What sort of computational complexity?; 7. Evo-devo considerations; 8. Dynamical frustration as a third factor; 9. The CLASH model; 10. Ultrametricity in syntax?; 11. The Multiple Spell-out attempt to rationalize the cycle; 1 Linearization; 1.1. Conceptualizing the Squeezing Problem; 1.2. The Finite State Limit on phrase structure

1.3. Context-sensitive dependencies1.4. Context-sensitive asymmetries; 1.5. Incremental parsing and information flow; 1.6. Linearizing complex branchings; 1.7. LCA vs. MLCA parsing of complex structures; 1.8. Conclusions; 2 Sub-extraction; 2.1. A summary of the MSO proposal based on the LCT; 2.2. Off-line information; 2.3. Possible subject sub-extractions?; 2.4. Genuine subject sub-extractions; 2.5. A careful experiment; 2.6. Adjunct sub-extraction; 2.7. Conclusions; 3 C-command; 3.1. An architecture based on c-command; 3.2. C-command throughout; 3.3. C-command in construal

3.4. C-command in morpho-phonemics3.5. Is c-command derived or eliminated?; 3.6. Beyond c-command; 3.7. Conclusions; 4 Cyclicity; 4.1. Multiple cyclicity conditions; 4.2. Cyclicity within compounds; 4.3. Is compounding recursive?; 4.4. Compounding as atomization and the notion 'head of the compound'; 4.5. Parametric differences in Spell-out?; 4.6. Reconstruction effects; 4.7. Adjunct deactivation and linearization; 4.8. Adjunct opacity; 4.9. Conclusions; 5 Antecedents and Consequents; 5.1. Antecedents; 5.2. Phases; 5.3. Repair; 5.4. Is linearization represented?; 5.5. Interfacing currents

5.6. Reprojections5.7. Psycholinguistic consequences; 5.8. Conclusions; 6 The Frustrating Equation; 6.1. Dynamical frustration; 6.2. 3rd factor considerations; 6.3. Systemic memory; 6.4. A biophysics of language?; 6.5. Parsing birdsongs?; 6.6. A physics for birdsong?; 6.7. Frustration in birdsong patterns?; 6.8. Effective recursion; 6.9. The Transfer Hypothesis; 6.10. Conclusions; 7 A CLASH Model; 7.1. Taking stock; 7.2. The dual nature of language; 7.3. A formal system; 7.4. Reversing the flow of PF; 7.5. Fibonacci patterns in grammar; 7.6. Predicting the properties of the Merge operation

7.7. On the periodicity of phases7.8. Bottom-up syntax at a higher dimension; 7.9. 3rd factor redux; 7.10. Conclusions; 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; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 21, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-959353-1

0-19-163558-8

1-280-49953-2

9786613594761

OCLC:

922971103