An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offers beginning students a comprehensive
overview of and introduction to our current understanding of the rules and principles that …

While research in the 'principles and parameters' tradition can be regarded as attributing as
much as possible to universal grammar (UG) in order to understand how language …

Generating Copies: An investigation into structural identity in language and grammar Page 1
University of California Los Angeles Generating Copies: An investigation into structural identity …

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 …

Книга содержит работы по теоретической и исторической грамматике. Они разбиты
нашесть разделов, носящие название «Теория. Метод. Доказательность»,«Диахрония …

It seems to be a general feature of natural language that the elements of a sentence can be
pronounced in one position, while at the same time serving a function in another part of the …

In this paper we will fix the position of Minimalist Grammars as defined in Stabler (1997) in
the hierarchy of formal languages. Michaelis (1998) has shown that the set of languages …

Abstract In Greek–English code-switching contexts, Greek verb phrases can antecede
apparent verb phrase ellipsis after English auxiliaries, even when a non-elliptical code …

We argue for a unified account of head movement and lowering in which lowering is in
essence the covert movement counterpart of head movement. This proposal is supported by …

Stabler (2001: 258) suggested that “'asymmetric'feature checking” is among the mechanisms
that “remain to be carefully explored” within his “minimalist grammars” framework. Our paper …