03149nam 2200649 a 450 991082372560332120200520144314.01-134-42353-51-134-42354-31-280-23267-697866102326730-203-98669-510.4324/9780203986691 (CKB)1000000000255671(EBL)254236(OCoLC)475967209(SSID)ssj0000260630(PQKBManifestationID)11237967(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260630(PQKBWorkID)10224311(PQKB)10207980(MiAaPQ)EBC254236(Au-PeEL)EBL254236(CaPaEBR)ebr10166235(CaONFJC)MIL23267(OCoLC)252732585(EXLCZ)99100000000025567120021104d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTowards an elegant syntax /Michael Brody1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (318 p.)Routledge leading linguists ;10Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65459-9 0-415-29959-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-299) and index.BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS; 1 ON CIRCULAR READINGS; 2 ON CONTEXTUAL DEFINITIONS AND THE ROLE OF CHAINS; 3 ON THE COMPLEMENTARY DISTRIBUTION OF EMPTY CATEGORIES; BEYOND PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS; 4 ON CHOMSKY'S KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE; 5 A NOTE ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GRAMMAR; 6 THEORY AND ARGUMENTS; TOWARDS AN ELEGANT SYNTAX; 7 PROJECTION AND PHRASE STRUCTURE; 8 PERFECT CHAINS; 9 THE MINIMALIST PROGRAM AND A PERFECT SYNTAX; 10 ON THE STATUS OF REPRESENTATIONS AND DERIVATIONS; ASPECTS OF MIRROR THEORY; 11 MIRROR THEORY12 "ROLL-UP" STRUCTURES AND MORPHOLOGICAL WORDS113 WORD ORDER, RESTRUCTURING AND MIRROR THEORY; NOTES; INDEXThis collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. The author shows that although the conceptual difference between 'elegance' and the minimalist search for 'perfection' may appear to be subtle, its consequences are in fact wide ranging and radical. These considerations lead to a markedly different and novel theory of syntax where most of the major features of minimalism, such as derivation, economy, merge, move, phrases and projection, are not just reanalysed or shifted to other components but in a majority of cases are dispenRoutledge leading linguists ;10.Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntaxGrammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.415Brody Michael1954-169117MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823725603321Towards an elegant syntax4189261UNINA