Understanding Minimalist Syntax ：Lessons from Locality in Long-Distance Dependencies ( Generative Syntax )

Publication subTitle ：Lessons from Locality in Long-Distance Dependencies

Publication series ：Generative Syntax

Author： Cedric Boeckx  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2009

E-ISBN: 9780470765807

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781405157957

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781405157940

Subject： H04 grammar

Language： ENG

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Description

Understanding Minimalist Syntax introduces the logic of the Minimalist Program by analyzing well-known descriptive generalizations about long-distance dependencies.


  • An introduction to the logic of the minimalist program - arguably the most important branch of syntax
  • Proposes a new theory of how long-distance dependencies are formed, with implications for theories of locality, and the minimalist program as a whole
  • Introduces the logic of the minimalist program by analyzing well-known descriptive generalizations about long-distance dependencies, and asks why they should be true of natural languages
  • Rich in empirical coverage, which will be welcomed by experts in the field, yet accessible enough for students looking for an introduction to the minimalist program.

Chapter

Acknowledgments

pp.：  1 – 11

Chapter 1 Introductory Remarks

pp.：  11 – 13

1.2 Outline of the Book: Goals and Structure

pp.：  13 – 16

1.1 The Framework

pp.：  13 – 13

Chapter 2 The Marks of Successive Cyclicity (The What-Question)

pp.：  16 – 21

2.2 The Evidence

pp.：  21 – 23

2.1 Subjacency and the Emergence of Successive Cyclicity

pp.：  21 – 21

2.2.2 Morphology

pp.：  23 – 26

2.2.1 Syntax

pp.：  23 – 23

2.2.3 Phonology

pp.：  26 – 34

2.2.4 Semantics

pp.：  34 – 35

2.2.5 Morpho-syntactic evidence from overtly stranded pieces

pp.：  35 – 38

2.3 A-movement

pp.：  38 – 41

2.4 Conclusion

pp.：  41 – 46

Chapter 3 The Distribution of Intermediate Landing Sites (The Where-Question)

pp.：  46 – 51

3.1 Punctuated vs. Uniform Paths

pp.：  51 – 52

3.2 The Difficulties Faced by Punctuated Path Hypotheses

pp.：  52 – 55

3.2.1 Phases: an overview

pp.：  55 – 56

3.2.2 Conceptual arguments for phases

pp.：  56 – 58

3.2.3 Arguments against phases

pp.：  58 – 60

3.2.4 Old problems for phases

pp.：  60 – 62

3.2.5 No empirical argument for phases

pp.：  62 – 66

3.3 Conclusion

pp.：  66 – 73

Chapter 4 The Timing of Intermediate Steps of Movement (The When-Question)

pp.：  73 – 76

4.1 Early vs. Late Successive Cyclicity

pp.：  76 – 76

4.2 Takahashi (1994)

pp.：  76 – 78

4.3 The Evidence for Early Successive Cyclic Movement

pp.：  78 – 82

4.3.1 Background information on applicatives

pp.：  82 – 83

4.3.2 The need for early successive cyclic movement

pp.：  83 – 88

4.4 Potential Arguments for Late Successive Cyclic Movement

pp.：  88 – 92

4.4.2 Intervening traces

pp.：  92 – 94

4.4.1 Sub-extraction out of a moved element

pp.：  92 – 92

4.4.3 Object agreement

pp.：  94 – 95

4.5 Conclusion

pp.：  95 – 98

Chapter 5 The Motivation for Intermediate Movement Steps (The Why-Question)

pp.：  98 – 102

5.2 Problematic Cases

pp.：  102 – 103

5.1 Last Resort

pp.：  102 – 102

5.2.1 Concord

pp.：  103 – 103

5.2.2 Successive cyclicity

pp.：  103 – 104

5.3 Anti-locality

pp.：  104 – 113

5.4 Anti-locality and Successive Cyclicity

pp.：  113 – 118

5.5 Anti-locality and Last Resort

pp.：  118 – 122

5.6 The Why -Question

pp.：  122 – 125

5.7 Conclusion

pp.：  125 – 129

Chapter 6 Alternative Views on Successive Cyclicity

pp.：  129 – 131

6.1 TAG-based Accounts

pp.：  131 – 131

6.2 An Agreement-based Account

pp.：  131 – 137

6.3 Prolific Domains

pp.：  137 – 141

6.4 Greed-based Approaches

pp.：  141 – 141

6.5 Conclusion

pp.：  141 – 144

Chapter 7 Successive Cyclicity and Other Aspects of Locality

pp.：  144 – 145

7.1 The Standard View on Islands

pp.：  145 – 146

7.2 Puzzles for the Standard View

pp.：  146 – 148

7.2.2 Island by default?

pp.：  148 – 149

7.2.1 Movement, freezing, and escape hatch

pp.：  148 – 148

7.2.3 Island-obviation

pp.：  149 – 149

7.3 Ross’s View

pp.：  149 – 157

7.4 Agreement and Islandhood

pp.：  157 – 157

7.5 Conclusion

pp.：  157 – 160

Chapter 8 Concluding Remarks

pp.：  160 – 162

References

pp.：  162 – 164

Index

pp.：  164 – 179

LastPages

pp.：  179 – 186

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