03170nam 2200517 a 450 991096289240332120200520144314.097801915599900191559997(MiAaPQ)EBC7035502(CKB)24235079500041(MiAaPQ)EBC415110(Au-PeEL)EBL415110(CaPaEBR)ebr10254525(CaONFJC)MIL182570(OCoLC)458705849(OCoLC) 183610019(FINmELB)ELB170654(Au-PeEL)EBL7035502(EXLCZ)992423507950004120071207d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBare syntax /Cedric Boeckx1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press2008xii, 295 p. illIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-285) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I -- 1 Preliminary considerations -- 1.1 Basic desiderata -- 1.2 The framework -- 1.3 The central why-question -- 2 Outline of a General Theory of Locality -- 2.1 Merge and Move -- 2.2 Products of Merge and Products of Move -- 2.3 Unifying Chains and Projections -- 2.4 Chains, Projections, and Locality -- 2.5 Summary -- Part II -- 3 Unambiguous Merge -- 3.1 The nature of syntax -- 3.2 Minimal Interface Requirements -- 3.3 On the form of Merge -- 3.4 Adjunction -- 3.5 More on projection -- 3.6 Conclusion -- 4 Cartographies and the locality of selection -- 4.1 Core issues -- 4.2 The basic pattern -- 4.3 X-bar everywhere -- 4.4 Extension by licensing -- 4.5 Iterated patterns -- 4.6 Capturing typological restrictions -- 4.7 How cartographies emerge, and why -- 4.8 Conclusion: The fractal nature of syntax -- 5 Islands and the locality of chains -- 5.1 How to approach the issue -- 5.2 From Last Resort to Bounding -- 5.3 Checking and Movement -- 5.4 Generalized C-trace effect -- 5.5 Avoiding freezing -- 5.6 Subextraction, CED, and QED -- 5.7 On the robustness of the CED-generalization -- 5.8 Island ''repair'' -- 5.9 Final considerations -- Part III -- 6 Epilogue -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.This important contribution to the Minimalist Program offers a comprehensive theory of locality and new insights into phrase structure and syntactic cartography. It unifies central components of the grammar, increases the symmetry in syntax, and reinforces the central premise of minimalism that language is an optimal system.Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntaxMinimalist theory (Linguistics)Grammar, Comparative and generalSyntax.Minimalist theory (Linguistics)415Boeckx Cedric304502MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962892403321Bare syntax4463818UNINA