Derivations in minimalism /

This pathbreaking study presents a new perspective on the role of derivation, the series of operations by which sentences are formed. Working within the Minimalist Program and focusing on English, the authors develop an original theory of generative syntax, providing illuminating new analyses of som...

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Main Authors: Epstein, Samuel David (Author), Seely, T. Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Series:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 111.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Orientalism and goals
  • On the elimination of A-chains
  • On the elimination of the EPP
  • More challenges to the elimination of the EPP : some movement cases
  • Exploring architecture.