书目

DerivationandExplanationintheMinimalistProgram(GenerativeSyntax)

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.

丛书

GenerativeSyntax

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