Relativized Minimality - Couverture rigide

Rizzi, Luigi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262181363 ISBN 13 : 9780262181365

Editeur : The MIT Press, 1990

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262181363
• ISBN 13: 9780262181365
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 150
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible