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Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program

Epstein, Samuel / Seely, T. D. (Editor)

Generative Syntax

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November 2002
330 Pages, Hardcover
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ISBN: 978-0-631-22732-8
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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.

1. Introduction: Derivation and explanation: Samuel David Epstein
& T. Daniel Seely.

2. On the status of representations and derivations: Michael
Brody.

3. Eliminating Labels: Chris Collins.

4. Rule applications as cycles in a level-free syntax: Samuel
David Epstein & T. Daniel Seely.

5. Crash-proof syntax: John Frampton & Samuel Gutmann.

6. Reprojections: Norbert Hornstein & Juan Uriagereka.

7. Pronouns and their antecedents: Richard Kayne.

8. Scrambling, Case, and Interpretability: Hisatsugu
Kitahara.

9. Resumption, successive cyclicity, and the locality of
operations: James McCloskey.

10. Movement in a top-down derivation: Norvin Richards.

11. Arguments for a Derivational approach to syntactic relations
based on clitics: Esther Torrego.

12. Issues relating to a derivational theory of binding:
Jan-Wouter Zwart.
'In this outstanding collection, leading researchers explore ways in which the rich, complex, and apparently varied phenomena of the languages of the world can be explained in terms of uniform principles of optimal design and external conditions that must be satisfied if language is to be usable at all. Following several different paths, these highly original, carefully crafted, and challenging essays open important new directions for research into some of the most fascinating issues of the study of language, with far-reaching implications beyond.' Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuel David Epstein is Associate Professor of Linguistics
at the University of Michigan. He is co-founder of Syntax: A
Journal of Theoretical, Experimental and Interdisciplinary
Research and has published widely on syntactic theory. He is
the author of Traces and Their Antecedents (1991); co-author
of A Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations (with E.
Groat, R. Kawashima, and H. Kitahara, 1998); and co-editor of
Working Minimalism (with N. Hornstein, 1999).

T. Daniel Seely is Associate Professor of Linguistics at
Eastern Michigan University. His work on syntactic theory has
appeared in journals such as Linguistic Inquiry and
Word, and he is a former moderator of The Linguist
List.

S. Epstein, University of Michigan; T. D. Seely, Eastern Michigan University