Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Minimalism and Darwin's Problem
- 2 Deriving c-command
- 3 Labels, recursion and movement
- 4 Some thoughts on adjunction
- 5 The emerging picture: Basic operations, FL and the Minimalist Program
- 6 Stop AGREEing! Keep Moving!
- 7 Conclusions, consequences and more questions
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Minimalism and Darwin's Problem
- 2 Deriving c-command
- 3 Labels, recursion and movement
- 4 Some thoughts on adjunction
- 5 The emerging picture: Basic operations, FL and the Minimalist Program
- 6 Stop AGREEing! Keep Moving!
- 7 Conclusions, consequences and more questions
- References
- Index
- References
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- A Theory of SyntaxMinimal Operations and Universal Grammar, pp. 181 - 189Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008
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