Derivations in Minimalism
Title | Derivations in Minimalism PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel David Epstein |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2006-01-20 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521010580 |
A pathbreaking new perspective on derivation, the series of operations by which sentences are formed.
Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program
Title | Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Epstein |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2008-04-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0470754699 |
Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents accessible, cutting edge research on an enduring and fundamental question confronting all linguistic inquiry – the respective roles of derivation and representation. Presents accessible, cutting edge research on the respective roles of derivation and representation in syntactic inquiry. Discusses a wide range of phenomena and also includes alternative, representational perspectives. Features papers by M. Brody, C. Collins, S. Epstein, J. Frampton, S. Gutmann, N. Hornstein, R. Kayne, H. Kitahara, J. McCloskey, N. Richards, D. Seely, E. Torrego, J. Uriagereka, C.J.W. Zwart.
Understanding Minimalism
Title | Understanding Minimalism PDF eBook |
Author | Norbert Hornstein |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2005-12-15 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521531948 |
Understanding Minimalism is a state-of-the-art introduction to the Minimalist Program the current model of syntactic theory within generative linguistics. Accessibly written, it presents the basic principles and techniques of the minimalist program, looking firstly at analyses within Government and Binding Theory (the Minimalist Program s predecessor), and gradually introducing minimalist alternatives. Minimalist models of grammar are presented in a step-by-step fashion, and the ways in which they contrast with GB analyses are clearly explained. Spanning a decade of minimalist thinking, this textbook will enable students to develop a feel for the sorts of questions and problems that minimalism invites, and to master the techniques of minimalist analysis. Over 100 exercises are provided, encouraging them to put these new skills into practice. Understanding Minimalism will be an invaluable text for intermediate and advanced students of syntactic theory, and will set a solid foundation for further study and research within Chomsky s minimalist framework.
Linguistic Derivations and Filtering
Title | Linguistic Derivations and Filtering PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Broekhuis |
Publisher | Equinox Publishing (UK) |
Pages | 374 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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This volume focuses on the role of the postulated derivational and filtering devices in current linguistic theory and aims to promote the exchange of ideas between the proponents of MP and OT in order to evaluate the role of these devices in the two frameworks. It sheds more light on the tenability of the often proclaimed opinion that MP and OT are incompatible frameworks given that the explanatory power of the former mainly resides on the generative device whereas the explanatory power of the latter mainly resides in the filtering device. Papers from various perspectives discuss and compare the two devices in the two frameworks. The volume thus collects a large number of the arguments in favour of more a strictly derivational approach, a more strictly filtering approach, or a more hybrid approach. The book will be of interest to any researcher or advanced student in Linguistic Theory. It is more specifically directed to syntacticians working within the current frameworks that have developed from Chomsky's minimalist program (MP) and Prince and Smolensky's Optimality Theory (OT).
Minimalism in Syntatic Derivation
Title | Minimalism in Syntatic Derivation PDF eBook |
Author | Toshifusa Oka |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1993 |
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Working Minimalism
Title | Working Minimalism PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel David Epstein |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780262550321 |
Essays present explicit syntactic analyses that adhere to programmatic minimalist guidelines. The essays in this book present explicit syntactic analyses that adhere to programmatic minimalist guidelines. Thus they show how the guiding ideas of minimalism can shape the construction of a new, more explanatory theory of the syntactic component of the human language faculty. Contributors Zeljko Boskovic, Samuel David Epstein, Robert Freidin, Erich M. Groat, Norbert Hornstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, Howard Lasnik, Roger Martin, Jairo Nunes, Norvin Richards, Juan Uriagereka, Amy Weinberg Current Studies in Linguistics No. 32
Linguistic Minimalism
Title | Linguistic Minimalism PDF eBook |
Author | Cedric Boeckx |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2006-08-24 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0199297576 |
The Minimalist Program for linguistic theory is Noam Chomsky's boldest and most radical version of his naturalistic approach to language. Cedric Boeckx examines its foundations, explains its underlying philosophy, exemplifies its methods, and considers the significance of its empirical results.