Minimalist Syntax: The Essential Readings (Linguistics: The Essential Readings) - Softcover

 
9780631233046: Minimalist Syntax: The Essential Readings (Linguistics: The Essential Readings)
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ISBN 10: 0631233040 ISBN 13: 9780631233046
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

This book is a collection of key readings on Minimalist Syntax, the most recent, and arguably most important, theoretical development within the Principles and Parameters approach to syntactic theory.


  • Brings together in one volume the key readings on Minimalist Syntax
  • Includes an introduction and overview of the Minimalist Program written by two prominent researchers
  • Excerpts crucial pieces from the beginning of Minimalism to the most recent work and provides invaluable coverage of the most important topics.

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About the Author

Željko Bošković is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of The Syntax of Nonfinite Complementation: An Economy Approach (1997) and On the Nature of the Syntax–Phonology Interface: Cliticization and Related Phenomena (2001).

Howard Lasnik is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland. His publications include Essays on Anaphora (1989), Minimalist Analysis (Blackwell, 1999), Minimalist Investigations in Linguistic Theory (2003), and A Course in Minimalist Syntax (with Juan Uriagereka, Blackwell, 2005).

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This book is a collection of key readings on Minimalist Syntax, the most recent, and arguably most important, theoretical development within the principles and parameters approach to syntactic theory. The volume includes an introduction and overview of the Minimalist Program written by two prominent researchers. Minimalist Syntax: The Essential Readings excerpts crucial pieces from the beginning of Minimalism to the most recent work and provides invaluable coverage of its most important topics.

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This book is a collection of key readings on Minimalist Syntax, the most recent, and arguably most important, theoretical development within the principles and parameters approach to syntactic theory. The volume includes an introduction and overview of the Minimalist Program written by two prominent researchers. Minimalist Syntax: The Essential Readings excerpts crucial pieces from the beginning of Minimalism to the most recent work and provides invaluable coverage of its most important topics.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631233040
ISBN 13 
9780631233046
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
464
Editor
Boskovic Zeljko, Lasnik Howard

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