Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program
1st Edition
Published on 8. May 2008
336 pages
978-0-470-75469-6 (ISBN)
Description
Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Programpresents accessible, cutting edge research on an enduring andfundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry - therespective roles of derivation and representation.
* Presents accessible, cutting edge research on the respectiveroles of derivation and representation in syntactic inquiry.
* Discusses a wide range of phenomena and also includesalternative, representational perspectives.
* Features papers by M. Brody, C. Collins, S. Epstein, J.Frampton, S. Gutmann, N. Hornstein, R. Kayne, H. Kitahara, J.McCloskey, N. Richards, D. Seely, E. Torrego, J. Uriagereka, C.J.W.Zwart.
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'In this outstanding collection, leading researchers explore ways in which the rich, complex, and apparently varied phenomena of the languages of the world can be explained in terms of uniform principles of optimal design and external conditions that must be satisfied if language is to be usable at all. Following several different paths, these highly original, carefully crafted, and challenging essays open important new directions for research into some of the most fascinating issues of the study of language, with far-reaching implications beyond.' Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMore details
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Persons
Samuel David Epstein is Associate Professor of Linguisticsat the University of Michigan. He is co-founder of Syntax: AJournal of Theoretical, Experimental and InterdisciplinaryResearch and has published widely on syntactic theory. He isthe author of Traces and Their Antecedents (1991); co-authorof A Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations (with E.Groat, R. Kawashima, and H. Kitahara, 1998); and co-editor ofWorking Minimalism (with N. Hornstein, 1999).
T. Daniel Seely is Associate Professor of Linguistics atEastern Michigan University. His work on syntactic theory hasappeared in journals such as Linguistic Inquiry andWord, and he is a former moderator of The LinguistList.
Content
1. Introduction: Derivation and explanation: Samuel David Epstein& T. Daniel Seely.
2. On the status of representations and derivations: MichaelBrody.
3. Eliminating Labels: Chris Collins.
4. Rule applications as cycles in a level-free syntax: SamuelDavid Epstein & T. Daniel Seely.
5. Crash-proof syntax: John Frampton & Samuel Gutmann.
6. Reprojections: Norbert Hornstein & Juan Uriagereka.
7. Pronouns and their antecedents: Richard Kayne.
8. Scrambling, Case, and Interpretability: HisatsuguKitahara.
9. Resumption, successive cyclicity, and the locality ofoperations: James McCloskey.
10. Movement in a top-down derivation: Norvin Richards.
11. Arguments for a Derivational approach to syntactic relationsbased on clitics: Esther Torrego.
12. Issues relating to a derivational theory of binding:Jan-Wouter Zwart.
