UID:
almafu_9960119417402883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-55060-X
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 111
Content:
This pathbreaking study presents a new perspective on the role of derivation, the series of operations by which sentences are formed. Working within the Minimalist Program and focusing on English, the authors develop an original theory of generative syntax, providing illuminating new analyses of some central syntactic constructions. Two key questions are explored: first, can the Extended Projection Principle (EPP) be eliminated from Minimalist analysis without loss, and perhaps with a gain in empirical coverage; and second, is the construct 'A-Chain' similarly eliminable? The authors argue that neither EPP nor the A-chain is in fact a property of Universal Grammar, but rather their descriptive content can be deduced from independently motivated properties of lexical items, in accordance with overarching principles governing derivation. In investigating these questions, a range of new data is introduced, and existing data re-analyzed, presenting a pioneering challenge to fundamental assumptions in syntactic theory.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Orientalism and goals -- On the elimination of A-chains -- On the elimination of the EPP -- More challenges to the elimination of the EPP : some movement cases -- Exploring architecture.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-01058-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-81180-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511550607
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