Understanding Minimalism

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-82496-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 985 g

Reihe: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

Understanding Minimalism is a state-of-the-art introduction to the Minimalist Program - the current model of syntactic theory within generative linguistics. Accessibly written, it presents the basic principles and techniques of the minimalist program, looking firstly at analyses within Government and Binding Theory (the Minimalist Program's predecessor), and gradually introducing minimalist alternatives. Minimalist models of grammar are presented in a step-by-step fashion, and the ways in which they contrast with GB analyses are clearly explained. Spanning a decade of minimalist thinking, this textbook will enable students to develop a feel for the sorts of questions and problems that minimalism invites, and to master the techniques of minimalist analysis. Over 100 exercises are provided, encouraging them to put these new skills into practice. Understanding Minimalism will be an invaluable text for intermediate and advanced students of syntactic theory, and will set a solid foundation for further study and research within Chomsky's minimalist framework.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hornstein, Norbert

Nunes, Jairo

Grohmann, Kleanthes K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The minimalist project; 2. Some architectural issues in a minimalist setting; 3. Theta domains; 4. Case domains; 5. Movement and minimality effects; 6. Phrase structure; 7. Linearization; 8. Binding theory; 9. Feature interpretability and feature checking; 10. Derivational economy.

Über Autor(innen)

Nunes, Jairo
Jairo Nuñes is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.

Hornstein, Norbert
Norbert Hornstein is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland.

Grohmann, Kleanthes K.
Kleanthes Grohmann is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cyprus.