Language serves as a cornerstone for human cognition, yet much about its evolution
remains puzzling. Recent research on this question parallels Darwin's attempt to explain …

Modern machine learning has subverted and bypassed the theoretical framework of
Chomsky's generative approach to linguistics, including its core claims to particular insights …

This paper provides an overview of what we take to be the key current issues in the field of
Generative Grammar, the study of the human Faculty of Language. We discuss some of the …

The questions posed have many aspects. I would like to begin with some general remarks
on the nature of the inquiry, and then turn to the kinds of problems that arise and what might …

A new approach to grammar and meaning of relational nouns is presented along with its
empirical consequences. In A Syntax of Substance, David Adger proposes a new approach …

This book focuses on the relationship between syntax and meaning. Terje Lohndal's core
claim is that it is possible to create a transparent mapping from syntax to logical form such …

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 …

This book is about one of the most intriguing features of human communication systems: the
fact that words that go together in meaning can occur arbitrarily far away from each other. In …

Since Juan Uriagereka originated the multiple spell-out model in 1999 it has been one of the
most influential lines of research in syntactic theorizing. The model simplified a crucial …

We propose a theory of head displacement that replaces traditional Head Movement and
Lowering with a single syntactic operation of Generalized Head Movement. We argue that …