| Towards an Elegant Syntax Contributor(s): Brody, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415299594 ISBN-13: 9780415299596 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: This is a book of essays concerned with syntax, written between 1980 and 2001, in which the search for theoretical elegance takes centre stage. The conceptual difference between 'elegance' and the minimalist search for 'perfection' is examined and the consequences are shown to be wide ranging and radical, leading to a novel approach with a set of simplified potential primitives and axioms. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 415 |
| LCCN: 2002036930 |
| Series: Routledge Leading Linguists |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.34" W x 9.5" (1.34 lbs) 318 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. The author shows that although the conceptual difference between 'elegance' and the minimalist search for 'perfection' may appear to be subtle, its consequences are in fact wide ranging and radical. These considerations lead to a markedly different and novel theory of syntax where most of the major features of minimalism, such as derivation, economy, merge, move, phrases and projection, are not just reanalysed or shifted to other components but in a majority of cases are dispensed with completely or reduced to much simpler notions. |