Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis

The goal of this contribution to the Elements series is to closely examine Merge, its form, its function, and its central role in current linguistic theory. It explores what it does (and does not do), why it has the form it has, and its development over time. The basic idea behind Merge is quite simple. However, Merge interacts, in intricate ways, with other components including the language's interfaces, laws of nature, and certain language-specific conditions. Because of this, and because of its fundamental place in the human faculty of language, this Element's focus on Merge provides insights into the goals and development of generative grammar more generally, and its prospects for the future.

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The goal of this contribution to the Elements series is to closely examine Merge, its form, its function, and its central role in current linguistic theory. It explores what it does (and does not do), why it has the form it has, and its development over time.

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• Authors: Sandiway Fong, M. A. C. Huybregts, Andrew McInnerney, Yushi Sugimoto, Noam (University of Arizona) Seely Chomsky, Fong Sandiway, Berwick Robert C., Kitahara Hisatsugu, Seely T. Daniel, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely, Robert C. Berwick, Noam Chomsky
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2023
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies
• EAN: 9781009343268
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0934326-8
• Pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Generative Syntax
• Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax; Grammar, syntax & morphology; Grammar, syntax and morphology