Minimalist essays / / edited by Cedric Boeckx

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Minimalist theory (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
• Classificazione: 17.51
• Altri autori: BoeckxCedric
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Minimalist Essays -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Overview -- 1. Minimalism: A point of entry -- Some notes on the minimalist program -- 2. Minimalist tools and architectural concerns -- Move F and PF / LF defectiveness -- True optionality: When the grammar doesn't mind* -- Focus and clause structuration in the minimalist program -- Symmetry in syntax* -- Japanese topic-constructions in the minimalist view of the syntax-semantics interface -- Weak pronouns, object shift, and multiple spell-out: Evidence for phases at the PF-interface* -- Merge, derivational C-command, and subcategorization in a label-free Syntax* -- 3. Minimalist tools and empirical pay-offs -- He himself and binding domains in a minimalist framework* -- A minimalist analysis of Japanese passives -- A minimalist view on long passive -- Null arguments and case-driven Agree in Turkish -- On tough-movement* -- Spanish existentials and other accusative constructions* -- Name index -- Subject Index -- The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Minimalism Program is many things to many researchers, and there are by now many alternative versions of it. Central to all is the fundamental question: to what extent is the human language faculty an optimal solution to minimal design specifications. Taken as a whole, the volume outlines the main features of Minimalism, its historical and conceptual sources, and provides an illustration of minimalist theorizing by looking at several properties of the syntactic component of grammar. Some contributions concentrate on what kind of computational tools are made available in a minimalist syntactic component, and how the computational system interacts with external and interface domains of the mind/brain. Other contributions specifically focus on direct empirical gains that emerge from adopting minimalist guidelines.
• Titolo autorizzato: Minimalist essays
• ISBN: 1-282-15601-2; 9786612156014; 90-272-9371-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817890103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Linguistik aktuell ; ; Bd. 91.