LINGUIST List 17.1456

Fri May 12 2006

Books: Syntax: Boeckx (Ed)

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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Minimalist Essays: Boeckx (Ed)
Message 1: Minimalist Essays: Boeckx (Ed)
Date: 09-May-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Minimalist Essays: Boeckx (Ed)


Title: Minimalist Essays Series Title: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 91 Published: 2006 Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LA%2091

Editor: Cedrick Boeckx, Harvard University Hardback: ISBN: 9027233551 Pages: 399 Price: U.S. $ 156.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027233551 Pages: 399 Price: Europe EURO 130.00
Abstract:

The Minimalism Program is many things to many researchers, and there are bynow many alternative versions of it. Central to all is the fundamentalquestion: to what extent is the human language faculty an optimal solutionto minimal design specifications. Taken as a whole, the volume outlines themain features of Minimalism, its historical and conceptual sources, andprovides an illustration of minimalist theorizing by looking at severalproperties of the syntactic component of grammar. Some contributionsconcentrate on what kind of computational tools are made available in aminimalist syntactic component, and how the computational system interactswith external and interface domains of the mind/brain. Other contributionsspecifically focus on direct empirical gains that emerge from adoptingminimalist guidelines.





Table of contents

Acknowledgements vii

List of contributors ix-xi

OverviewCedric Boeckx xiii-xv

Part I: Minimalism: A Point of Entry

Some notes on the Minimalist ProgramHisatsugu Kitahara 3-15

Part II: Minimalist Tools and Architectural ConcernsMove F and PF/LF defectivenessBrian Agbayani and Masao Ochi 19-34

True optionality: When the grammar doesn't mindM. Theresa Biberauer and Marc Richards 35-67

Focus and clause structuration in the minimalist programAritz Irurtzun 68-96

Symmetry in syntaxMasakazu Kuno 97-114

Japanese topic-constructions in the minimalist view of the syntax-semanticsinterfaceTakashi Munakata 115-159

Weak pronouns, object shift, and multiple spell-out: Evidence for phases atthe PF interfaceMarc Richards 160-181

Merge, derivational C-command, and subcategorization in a label-free syntaxT. Daniel Seely 182-217

Part III: Minimalist Tools and Empirical Pay-offs

He, himself and binding domains in a minimalist frameworkGerardo Fernández-Salgueiro and Michael R. Marlo 221-231

A minimalist analysis of Japanese passivesTakuya Goro 233-248

A minimalist view on long passiveHirohisa Kiguchi 249-267

Null arguments and case-driven Agree in TurkishBalkız Öztürk 268-287

On tough-movementMilan Rezac 288-325

Spanish existentials and other accusative constructionsMiguel Rodríguez-Mondoñedo 326-394

Index 395-399

Linguistic Field(s): Generative Linguistics                             Syntax
Subject Language(s): Japanese (jpn)                             Spanish (spa)                             Turkish (tur)
Written In: English (eng )

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