Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program

Epstein, Samuel David (EDT); Seely, T. Daniel (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0631227326 / ISBN 13: 9780631227328

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631227326
• ISBN 13: 9780631227328
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.