Relativized Minimality

This monograph presents an important extension of government-binding theory in syntax.

About the author

Luigi Rizzi is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Geneva.

Summary

This monograph presents an important extension of government-binding theory in syntax. This monograph presents an important extension of government-binding theory in syntax. It offers a new characterization of locality in the theory of government through a relativization of the Minimality Principle, and it explores the consequences of this approach for the Empty Category Principle and the analysis of a variety of empirical domains, including intervention effects, That-trace phenomena, and argument/adjunct asymmetries. The final part of the book is devoted to a new interpretation of the argument/adjunct asymmetries that arise in various extraction processes. Referential indices, a fundamental ingredient of the binding relation, are restricted to occur on referential arguments, as in Chomsky's original proposal. This natural restriction has the surprising effect of capturing the major argument-adjunct asymmetries in a straightforward manner while permitting a radical simplification of the Empty Category Principle.

Product details

• Authors: Luigi Rizzi, Luigi (Universite De Geneve) Rizzi
• Assisted by: Samuel Jay Keyser (Editor)
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.06.1990
• EAN: 9780262680615
• ISBN: 978-0-262-68061-5
• No. of pages: 150
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Linguistic Inquiry Monographs; Linguistic Inquiry Monographs
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning