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Minimalist essays /

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 ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Boeckx, Cedric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2006.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 91.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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*