Minimalist Analysis

This volume presents an introduction to the basic ideas and concepts of minimalism, arguably the most important recent development in syntax.

Howard Lasnik is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut. He has played a prominent role in syntactic theorizing from the extended Standard Theory, through Government-Binding Theory, to Minimalism. He is the author of Move Alpha: Conditions on Its Application and Output (with Mamoru Saito), 1992; An Invitation to Cognitive Science, Vol. 1, Language (with Daniel Osherson), 1990; Essays on Restrictiveness and Learnability, 1990; Essays on Anaphora, 1989; and A Course in GB Syntax: Lectures on Binding and Empty categories (with Juan Uriagereka), 1988. He is also editor, with Daniel Osherson, of An Invitation to Cognitive Science, Vol. 1, Language (1990).

Preface

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Original Publication Details

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Introduction

1

(6)

On the Subject of Infinitives (with Mamoru Saito)

7

(18)

Introduction

7

(1)

Evidence for Raising

8

(5)

When Does Raising Take Place?

13

(6)

Postal's B-Verbs versus W-Verbs

19

(2)

Raising Questions

21

(3)

Conclusion

24

(1)

Lectures on Minimalist Syntax

25

(49)

Introduction

26

(1)

Levels of Representation: Case Considerations

26

(3)

The ``Extended Projection Principle''

29

(1)

Case and Expletives

30

(7)

[Spec, Agro]: Further Arguments

37

(4)

The Problem of Apparent S-structure Requirements

41

(1)

Antecedent Contained Deletion

42

(18)

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