TY - BOOK AU - Lasnik,Howard AU - Uriagereka,Juan AU - Boeckx,Cedric TI - A course in minimalist syntax: foundations and prospects T2 - Generative syntax SN - 0631199888 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - P291 .L35 2005 U1 - 415.0182 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Malden, MA PB - Blackwell Pub. KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Syntax KW - Local KW - Minimalist theory Linguistics N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004015920.html ER -