Description Current developments of the Minimalist Program in generative linguistics put the procedure of labeling syntactic objects at the center of the syntax-semantics transition. This book provides a discussion of consequences of such proposals for a proper analysis of different varieties of the operation Merge and their interpretive reflexes, as well as for the general theory of the syntax-semantics relationship. It argues that the absence of substitutional operations in Narrow Syntax should restrict the range of admissible interpretive operations on adjunction structures in the conceptual-intentional component. It also debates that syntactic chains are subject to interpretive procedures properly analyzed with the help of counterpart-theoretic concepts.
Product detailsFormat Hardback | 194 pages
Dimensions 148 x 210 x 14.22mm | 360g
Publication date 18 May 2017
Publisher Peter Lang AG
Publication City/Country Bern, Switzerland
Language: English
Edition: New edition
Edition Statement: New edition
ISBN10 3631659660
ISBN13 9783631659663
Table of contentsForewordChapter 1. (W)holes and doughnuts1.1 Beginning at the beginning1.1.1 Setting minimal(ist) limits1.1.2 Reversing the direction1.2 Mapping issues1.3 Three degrees of defectiveness1.3.1 Labeling: details of the grand picture1.3.2 Enter rootsAbout Jaroslaw JakielaszekJaroslaw Jakielaszek is Professor of Classics at the University of Warsaw. His research is concerned mainly with generative grammar, in particular syntactic theory, and formal semantics, covering their mutual interactions and their methodological and philosophical consequences.
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