LEADER 03149nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910823725603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-42353-5 010 $a1-134-42354-3 010 $a1-280-23267-6 010 $a9786610232673 010 $a0-203-98669-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203986691 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255671 035 $a(EBL)254236 035 $a(OCoLC)475967209 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000260630 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11237967 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260630 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10224311 035 $a(PQKB)10207980 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC254236 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL254236 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10166235 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL23267 035 $a(OCoLC)252732585 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255671 100 $a20021104d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTowards an elegant syntax /$fMichael Brody 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge leading linguists ;$v10 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-65459-9 311 $a0-415-29959-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 266-299) and index. 327 $aBOOK 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 THEORY 327 $a12 "ROLL-UP" STRUCTURES AND MORPHOLOGICAL WORDS113 WORD ORDER, RESTRUCTURING AND MIRROR THEORY; NOTES; INDEX 330 $aThis collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. The author shows that although the conceptual difference between 'elegance' and the minimalist search for 'perfection' may appear to be subtle, its consequences are in fact wide ranging and radical. These considerations lead to a markedly different and novel theory of syntax where most of the major features of minimalism, such as derivation, economy, merge, move, phrases and projection, are not just reanalysed or shifted to other components but in a majority of cases are dispen 410 0$aRoutledge leading linguists ;$v10. 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general$xSyntax. 676 $a415 700 $aBrody$b Michael$f1954-$0169117 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823725603321 996 $aTowards an elegant syntax$94189261 997 $aUNINA