Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program (Paperback)

Samuel Epstein

ISBN 10: 0631227334 / ISBN 13: 9780631227335

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 2002

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Paperback. 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. This volume contains 11 papers by an international group of researchers which address a well-recognized and central issue concerning the most fundamental formal aspects of syntactic theory: the distinction between derivation and representation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631227334
• ISBN 13: 9780631227335
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• 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.