Symmetrizing Syntax: Merge, Minimality, and Equilibria

ISBN-13: 9781138944435 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 330 str.

Hiroki Narita; Naoki Fukui

Opis

This book seeks to investigate the distinction between endocentricity and exocentricity, and how they are systematically distributed over the syntax-semantics interface.

Spis treści

1 Symmetry of Merge: Why Only Merge? 2 Symmetry of Phases: Cyclic Transfer and Feature-Equilibrium 3 Symmetry of Agreement: Reducing Multiple Agree(ment) Mechanisms into Feature- Equilibrium 4 Symmetry of Labeling: Beyond Chomsky’s Labeling Algorithm and Universal/Unique Labeling Condition 5 Symmetry of Movement: Criteria, Freezing, and Cyclicity 6 Conclusions