A Course in Minimalist Syntax
Foundations and Prospects
Generative Syntax
1. Auflage Dezember 2004
312 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-19988-5
John Wiley & Sons
A Course in Minimalist Syntax is a straightforward and
detailed introduction to essential topics in the minimalist
program, designed for students and scholars alike.
* maintains an informal tone for students yet also contains
enough fresh material to appeal to specialists
* provides a natural extension of the classroom approach to
linguistics, showing readers a new way of approaching syntax by
thinking in minimalist terms
* written by two prominent syntax researchers, the authors of the
classic A Course in GB Syntax, Howard Lasnik and Juan
Uriagereka
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Abbreviations.
1. Minimalist Expectations: Preliminary Assumptions, with a
Review of Some Familiar Notions.
2. From Rules to Principles and Beyond: A Strongly
Constructivist System, with a Detailed Presentation of
Phrase-structure.
3. The Economy of Derivations: Featuring Movements of Various
Sorts and Ways to Constrain Them.
4. The Economy of Representations: Featuring Chain Uniformity
and Case.
5. The Last Resort Character of Linguistic Computations: On What
Drives the Movement Operation and Related Topics.
6. LF Processes: Why We (Don't?) Need Them and What They
Might Be.
7. Roles, Cycles, Binding and Related Problems: Including a
Discussion of Open Questions Relating Wh-movement.
References.
Index.
Acknowledgments.
Abbreviations.
1. Minimalist Expectations: Preliminary Assumptions, with a
Review of Some Familiar Notions.
2. From Rules to Principles and Beyond: A Strongly
Constructivist System, with a Detailed Presentation of
Phrase-structure.
3. The Economy of Derivations: Featuring Movements of Various
Sorts and Ways to Constrain Them.
4. The Economy of Representations: Featuring Chain Uniformity
and Case.
5. The Last Resort Character of Linguistic Computations: On What
Drives the Movement Operation and Related Topics.
6. LF Processes: Why We (Don't?) Need Them and What They
Might Be.
7. Roles, Cycles, Binding and Related Problems: Including a
Discussion of Open Questions Relating Wh-movement.
References.
Index.
"Most introductions present syntactic theories as completed
wholes. They march through a series of illustrative problems and
give them final answers in an authoritative tone. This is a very
different work, with more attention paid to why the field should be
of interest and to where there are unanswered questions. Whether
you are new to the study of syntax and wondering why anyone would
be interested in minimalism, or an old hand stopping by to find out
whatever happened to the ECP, this book will grab you. It is a
gem." Randall Hendrick, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
"This book anchors abstract minimalist speculations to some of
the fundamental empirical problems that have occupied syntactic
theory for the past half century and shows how current ideas
developed naturally from previous ones. It is essential reading for
understanding how the Minimalist Program advances the study of
human language." Robert Freidin, Princeton University
wholes. They march through a series of illustrative problems and
give them final answers in an authoritative tone. This is a very
different work, with more attention paid to why the field should be
of interest and to where there are unanswered questions. Whether
you are new to the study of syntax and wondering why anyone would
be interested in minimalism, or an old hand stopping by to find out
whatever happened to the ECP, this book will grab you. It is a
gem." Randall Hendrick, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
"This book anchors abstract minimalist speculations to some of
the fundamental empirical problems that have occupied syntactic
theory for the past half century and shows how current ideas
developed naturally from previous ones. It is essential reading for
understanding how the Minimalist Program advances the study of
human language." Robert Freidin, Princeton University
Howard Lasnik is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland. His publications include Essays on Anaphora (1989), Minimalist Syntax (Blackwell, 1999), and Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory (2003).
Juan Uriagereka is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, and is author of A Course in GB Syntax (with Howard Lasnik, 1988) and Rhyme and Reason: An Introduction to Minimalist Syntax (1998).
Cedrick Boeckx is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. He is the author of Islands and Chains (2003) and Multiple Wh-fronting (edited with K. K. Grohmann, 2003).
Juan Uriagereka is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, and is author of A Course in GB Syntax (with Howard Lasnik, 1988) and Rhyme and Reason: An Introduction to Minimalist Syntax (1998).
Cedrick Boeckx is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. He is the author of Islands and Chains (2003) and Multiple Wh-fronting (edited with K. K. Grohmann, 2003).
