Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910145589403321
• Autore: Epstein Samuel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-32302-0; 9786611323028; 0-470-70436-5; 0-470-75566-0; 0-470-75469-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Collana: Generative Syntax
• Altri autori (Persone): SeelyT. D
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: Explanation (Linguistics); Generative grammar; Minimalist theory (Linguistics); Language / Linguistics; Languages & Literatures; Philology & Linguistics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction: On the Quest for Explanation; 1 ON THE STATUS OF REPRESENTATIONS AND DERIVATIONS; 2 ELIMINATING LABELS; 3 RULE APPLICATIONS AS CYCLES IN A LEVEL-FREE SYNTAX; 4 CRASH-PROOF SYNTAX; 5 REPROJECTIONS; 6 PRONOUNS AND THEIR ANTECEDENTS; 7 SCRAMBLING, CASE, AND INTERPRETABILITY; 8 RESUMPTION, SUCCESSIVE CYCLICITY, AND THE LOCALITY OF OPERATIONS; 9 VERY LOCAL A' MOVEMENT IN A ROOT-FIRST DERIVATION; 10 ARGUMENTS FOR A DERIVATIONAL APPROACH TO SYNTACTIC RELATIONS BASED ON CLITICS; 11 ISSUES RELATING TO A DERIVATIONAL THEORY OF BINDINGINDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents ; accessible, cutting edge research on an enduring and fundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry – the respective roles of derivation and representation.:.; Presents accessible, cutting edge research on the respective roles of derivation and representation in syntactic inquiry.; Discusses a wide range of phenomena and also includes alternative, 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. Se