Linguistic minimalism [[electronic resource] ] : origins, concepts, methods, and aims / / Cedric Boeckx

• Autore: Boeckx Cedric
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 410
• Soggetto topico: Minimalist theory (Linguistics); Linguistics
• Note generali: Series statement from jacket.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-233) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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 ; 3.3 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 ; 5.3.2 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Linguistic minimalism
• ISBN: 1-383-04419-8; 0-19-151639-2; 1-282-26877-5; 9786612268779; 1-4294-7117-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785096803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford linguistics.