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A theory of Syntax. Minimal operations and universal grammar

Autor Norbert Hornstein

Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

A theory of Syntax. Minimal operations and universal grammar
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  • Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ISBN13 9780521728812
  • ISBN10 0521728819
  • Type Book
  • Pages 194
  • Published 2009
  • Language English
  • Bookbinding Rustic

A theory of Syntax. Minimal operations and universal grammar

Autor Norbert Hornstein

Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Book Details

Human language seems to have arisen roughly within the last 50-100,000 years. In evolutionary terms, this is the mere blink of an eye. If this is correct, then much of what we consider distinctive to language must in fact involve operations available in pre-linguistic cognitive domains. In this book Norbert Hornstein, one of the most influential linguists working on syntax, discusses a topical set of issues in syntactic theory, including a number of original proposals at the cutting edge of research in this area. He provides a theory of the basic grammatical operations and suggests that there is only one that is distinctive to language. If this theory is correct then this narrows the evolutionary gap between verbal and non-verbal primates, thus facilitating the rapid evolutionary emergence of our linguistic capacity.

 Written by one of the one of the most influential linguists working on syntax and syntactic theory today  Prefaced by a strong contextualising introduction  Makes strikingly original proposals at the cutting edge of research in this area

Contents

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.

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