Minimalist Inquiries: The FrameworkMIT Working Papers in Linguistics, MIT, Department of Linguistics, 1998 - Minimalist theory (Linguistics) - 61 pages |
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A'-movement agreement argument assume assumptions bare phrase structure c-command CFCs chains Chomsky complex computation conception conclusions constructions convergence cyclic defective intervention effect derivational approach design specifications determined Distributed Morphology domain elements empirical EPP-feature EXPL expletive expressions EXP Extension Condition external systems extra SPEC goal hence Howard Lasnik imperfections innateness hypothesis interpretation label language design Lasnik legibility conditions lexical array lexical category lexical items lexicon light verb look-ahead matching matrix minimal minimalist program movement narrow syntax ΓΈ-set occurrences optimal option p-features p-set Parasitic Gaps performance systems phase phonological component pied-piping principles probe proof discovered pure Merge questions raise to SPEC-Tg relation requires restricted satisfy Sauerland selected selector SPEC-T Spell-Out structural Case feature subarray Suppose syntactic objects T-associate Tdef theory thesis theta theta roles Theta structure uninterpretable features unpopular candidate Uriagereka wh-movement wh-phrase X-bar theory