Towards an Elegant Syntax

ISBN-13: 9780415654593 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str.

Michael Brody

Opis

Developments in the study of natural language syntax have suggested that theoretical elegance is an aim that should be more central in this area of investigation. This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage.

Spis treści

Introduction  Principles and Parameters  1. 'On Circular Readings'  2. 'On Contextual Definitions and the Role of Chain'  3. 'On the Complementary Distribution of Empty Categories'  Beyond Principles and Parameters  4. 'On Chomsky's Knowledge of Language'  5. 'A Note on the Organization of the Grammar'  6. 'Theta Theory and Arguments'  Towards An Elegant Syntax  7. 'Projection and Phrase Structure'  8. 'Perfect Chains'  9. 'The Minimalist Program and a Perfect Syntax'  10. 'On the Status of Representations and Derivations'  Aspects of Mirror Theory  11. 'Mirror Theory: Syntactic Representation in Perfect Syntax'  12. 'Roll-up Structures and Morphological Words'  13. 'Word Order, Restructuring and Mirror Theory'

O autorze

Michael Brody is Professor of Linguistics at University College London and Scientific Advisor at the Linguistics Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.