A course in minimalist syntax foundations and prospects
Howard Lasnik and Juan Uriagereka with Cedric Boeckx.
- Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. 2005.
- xii, 299 p. ill. 26 cm.
- Generative syntax .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-288) and index.
Minimalist expectations: preliminary assumptions, with a review of some familiar notions -- From rules to principles and beyond: a strongly constructivist system, with a detailed presentation of phrase-structure -- The economy of derivations: featuring movements of various sorts and ways to constrain them -- The economy of representations: featuring chain uniformity and case -- The last resort character of linguistic computations: on what drives the movement operation and related topics -- LF processes: why we (don't?) need them and what they might be -- Roles, cycles, binding, and related problems: including a discussion of open questions relating to Wh-movement.
0631199888 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004015920
Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. Minimalist theory Linguistics