The Merge Hypothesis
A Theory of Aspects of Syntax
Seiten
2024
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-41574-3 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-41574-3 (ISBN)
This book locates the Minimalist Program (MP) in the larger Generative enterprise. It shows how MP follows from this larger Chomskyan program and extends it by adopting a principle, the Fundamental Principle of Grammar, that requires all grammatical dependencies be Merge Mediated. It should amuse anyone interested in contemporary syntactic theory.
The Merge Hypothesis is the central empirical theoretical contribution of the Minimalist Program (MP) to syntactic theory. This book offers an accessible overview of the MP, debunking common sixty years of Generative research, culminating in GB theory. He introduces The Fundamental Principle of Grammar, which advocates including labels as part of the Merge Operation and centring the notion of the constituent as the key domain of syntactic commerce. The early chapters identify the goals of the MP, how they arose from earlier descriptive and explanatory successes of the mentalist tradition within Generative Grammar, and how to develop them in future work to expand its descriptive and explanatory range. It is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary syntactic theory.
The Merge Hypothesis is the central empirical theoretical contribution of the Minimalist Program (MP) to syntactic theory. This book offers an accessible overview of the MP, debunking common sixty years of Generative research, culminating in GB theory. He introduces The Fundamental Principle of Grammar, which advocates including labels as part of the Merge Operation and centring the notion of the constituent as the key domain of syntactic commerce. The early chapters identify the goals of the MP, how they arose from earlier descriptive and explanatory successes of the mentalist tradition within Generative Grammar, and how to develop them in future work to expand its descriptive and explanatory range. It is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary syntactic theory.
Norbert Hornstein is Professor Emeritus in Linguistics University of Maryland, College Park. He has written several books on Minimalist Syntax including A Theory of Syntax (2008), Move! (2001), and Understanding Minimalism (2005, with Nunes and Grohmann).
Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1. A Whig history of generative grammar; 2. Tools and particulars; 3. Adding labels; 4. Construal and the extended merge hypothesis (1): A-chain dependencies; 5. Construal and the extended merge hypothesis (2): A-chain dependencies; 6. A partial wrap up and segue; 7. Labels; 8. Odds and ends; 9. Conclusion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.02.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 529 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-41574-3 / 1009415743 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-41574-3 / 9781009415743 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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