LEADER 03893nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910785096803321 005 20230828213333.0 010 $a1-383-04419-8 010 $a0-19-151639-2 010 $a1-282-26877-5 010 $a9786612268779 010 $a1-4294-7117-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408437 035 $a(EBL)430680 035 $a(OCoLC)609830995 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192678 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179930 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192678 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10216947 035 $a(PQKB)11362649 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430680 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271526 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL226877 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430680 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408437 100 $a20070521d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLinguistic minimalism$b[electronic resource] $eorigins, concepts, methods, and aims /$fCedric Boeckx 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aOxford linguistics 300 $aSeries statement from jacket. 311 $a0-19-929758-4 311 $a0-19-929757-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-233) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Minimalist Gamble; 1.1 Minimalism in a nutshell; 1.2 How to approach minimalism; 1.3 Author's aims; 2 The Minimalist Roots; 2.1 The birth of modern biolinguistics; 2.2 Levels of adequacy; 2.3 The poverty of stimulus, and what must be done about it; 2.4 Computational properties of the language organ; 2.4.1 Early results; 2.4.2 Later developments; 2.4.3 Parameters; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 The Minimalist Core; 3.1 The Government-Binding model; 3.1.1 Why take Government-Binding as a starting point?; 3.1.2 Some generalizations; 3.2 Taking stock 327 $a3.3 The notion of 'program' and how it applies to minimalism 3.3.1 Program vs. theory; 3.3.2 Lakatos on research programs; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 The Minimalist Impact; 4.1 The Galilean style in science; 4.2 Why-questions; 4.3 Beauty in science; 4.4 The Galilean style and biology; 4.4.1 Linguistics as biology; 4.4.2 Two scientific cultures; 4.4.3 Back to laws of form; 4.4.4 The evolution of the language faculty; 4.4.5 Language and cognition; 4.5 Conclusion; 5 The Minimalist Highlights; 5.1 Caveat lector; 5.2 Evaluating the objections to the program; 5.3 Specific minimalist analyses; 5.3.1 Control 327 $a5.3.2 Copies and linearization 5.3.3 A constraint on multiple wh-fronting; 5.3.4 Successive cyclicity; 5.3.5 Bare phrase structure; 5.3.6 Sluicing; 5.3.7 Parasitic gaps; 5.3.8 Existential constructions; 5.4 Conclusion; 6 The Minimalist Seduction; Glossary; References; Index; 330 $aThis is a self-contained introduction to the Minimalist Program for linguistic theory, the boldest and most radical version of Noam Chomsky's naturalistic approach to language. Cedric Boeckx examines its foundations, explains its underlying philosophy, exemplifies its methods, and considers the significance of its empirical results. He explores the roots and antecedents of the Program and shows how its methodologies parallel those of sciences such as physics and biology. He disentangles and clarifies current debates and issues around the nature of minimalist research in linguistics and shows 410 0$aOxford linguistics. 606 $aMinimalist theory (Linguistics) 606 $aLinguistics 615 0$aMinimalist theory (Linguistics) 615 0$aLinguistics. 676 $a410 700 $aBoeckx$b Cedric$0304502 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785096803321 996 $aLinguistic minimalism$93761293 997 $aUNINA