内容简介
DerivationandExplanationintheMinimalistProgrampresentsaccessible,cutting-edgeresearchonanenduringandfundamentalquestionconfrontingalllinguisticinquiry-therespectiverolesofderivationandrepresentation.ThevolumeexploreswaysinwhichtheMinimalistperspectiveontransformationalrulesandtheiriterativeapplicationfacilitatesdeeperexplanationthanispossiblewithinGovernmentandBindingtheory.Throughdiscussionofawiderangeofphenomena,themajorityofpapersinthevolumepresentargumentsinfavorofderivationalapproaches,althoughalternative,representationalperspectivesarealsoincluded.DerivationandExplanationintheMinimalistProgramisessentialreadingforanyoneinterestedinthefoundationalyetcontemporaryissueofderivationversusrepresentationanditsrelationtocurrentMinimalistmethod,analysis,andthequestforexplanation.
作者简介
SamuelDavidEpsteinisAssociateProfessorofLinguisticsattheUniversityofMichigan.Heisco-founderofSyntax:AJournalofTheoretical,ExperimentalandInterdisciplinaryResearchandhaspublishedwidelyonsyntactictheory.HeistheauthorofTracesandTheirAntecedents(1991);co-authorofADerivationalApproachtoSyntacticRelations(withE.Groat,R.Kawashima,andH.Kitahara,1998);andco-editorofWorkingMinimalism(withN.Hornstein,1999).T.DanielSeelyisAssociateProfessorofLinguisticsatEasternMichiganUniversity.HisworkonsyntactictheoryhasappearedinjournalssuchasLinguisticInquiryandWord,andheisaformermoderatorofTheLinguistList.