LINGUIST List 13.1455

Thu May 23 2002

Books: Syntax, S.D. Epstein & T.D. Seely

Editor for this issue: Dina Kapetangianni <dinalinguistlist.org>

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1. tmac, Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program edited by Samuel David Epstein and T. Daniel Seely

Title: Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program
Publication Year: 2002
			
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers 
 http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/
			
Book URL: http://www.blackwellpub.com/asp/book.asp?ref=0631227326
			
 
Editor: Samuel David Epstein 
Editor: T. Daniel Seely 
				

Hardback: ISBN: 0631227326, Pages: 320, Price: 69.95 Comment:
Forthcoming in October 2002: * 30% off with a subscription to
Blackwell's LL+ Paperback: ISBN: 0631227334, Pages: 320, Price: 34.95
Comment: Forthcoming in October 2002: * 30% off with a subscription to
Blackwell's LL+
			
Abstract:

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program presents
accessible, cutting edge research on an enduring and fundamental
question confronting all linguistic inquiry the
respective roles of derivation and representation.

The volume explores ways in which the Minimalist perspective on
transformational rules and their iterative application facilitates
deeper explanation than is possible within Government-Binding
theory. Through discussion of a wide range of phenomena, the majority
of papers in the volume present arguments in favor of derivational
approaches, but alternative, representational perspectives are also
included.

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program is essential
reading for anyone interested in the foundational yet contemporary
issue of derivation versus representation and its relation to current
Minimalist method, analysis, and the quest for explanation.

Lingfield(s):Syntax
			 
Written In:English (Language Code: ENG)