{"product_id":"minimalist-analysis-isbn-9780631210948","title":"Minimalist Analysis","description":"This volume presents an introduction to the basic ideas and concepts of minimalism, arguably the most important recent development in syntax.  Preface. \u003cp\u003eOriginal Publication Details.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: On the Subject of Infinitives (with Mamoru Saito):\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Evidence for Raising.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. When Does Raising Take Place?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Postal's B-Verbs vs. W-Verbs: Raising Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Lectures on Minimalist Syntax:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Levels of Representation: Case Considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The \"Extended Projection Principle\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Case and Expletives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. [Spec, Agr]: Further Arguments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Problem of Apparent S-structure Requirements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Antecedent Contained Deletion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. More on Reconstruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. The PRO Theorem Reconsidered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Some Remaining Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Case and Expletives Revisited: On Greed and Other Human Failings:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Greed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. An Alternative to Greed: Enlightened Self Interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Nature of \"Partitive\" Case.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. The Structure of Inherent Case.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Verbal Morphology: Syntactic Structures Meets the Minimalist Program:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. French vs. English.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. An Economy Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. A Minimalist-Lexicalist Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. A Hybrid Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Further Evidence from VP Ellipsis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Last Resort:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. The Driving Force for A-Movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Greed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Existential Constructions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. Enlightened Self-Interest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. LF Feature Movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Raising to [Spec, Agr]: Covert or Overt?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: A Note on Pseudogapping:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36. Pseudogapping as Remnant Raising Plus BP Ellipsis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37. Strong Features and PF Deletion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38. PPs as Remnants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39. Multiple Complements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40. (Some Instances of) Pseudogapping as Parallel to Pseudogapping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: On Certain Structural Aspects of Anaphora:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43. Where Do the Binding Conditions Apply?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44. Feature Movement and (Lack of) Binding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45. Overt Raising to [Spec, Agr].\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46. Feature Movement and Control?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47. Inherent Case as \"Structural\"?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48. A Puzzling Divorce of Binding and Scope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Howard Lasnik has a knack for taking very abstruse ideas and teasing delightful empirical consequences from them. In this collection of essays he applies this talent to current Minimalist theory. In the process he explicates and refines core technical notions of the Minimalist enterprise and lays bare its larger logic. For those intrigued by Minimalism but who aren’t quite sure how to \"do it\" I can think of no better advice than the following: read these essays and imitate shamelessly!\" – \u003cb\u003eNorbert R. Hornstein\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Maryland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMinimalist Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e highlights and sharpens the empirical focus of work on Chomsky’s Minimalist program. Lasnik’s investigations of a broad range of syntactic phenomena elucidate the central concepts and analyses of Minimalism and motivate some significant modifications. These clear and insightful case studies illuminate the complex interactions between theory and data. This is an outstanding collection and an important resource for linguistic theory.\" –\u003cb\u003eRobert Freidin\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrinceton University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eHoward Lasnik\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMove Alpha: Conditions on Its Application and Output\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mamoru Saito), 1992; \u003ci\u003eAn Invitation to Cognitive Science, Vol. 1, Language\u003c\/i\u003e (with Daniel Osherson), 1990; \u003ci\u003eEssays on Restrictiveness and Learnability,\u003c\/i\u003e 1990; \u003ci\u003eEssays on Anaphora,\u003c\/i\u003e 1989; and \u003ci\u003eA Course in GB Syntax: Lectures on Binding and Empty categories\u003c\/i\u003e (with Juan Uriagereka), 1988. He is also editor, with Daniel Osherson, of \u003ci\u003eAn Invitation to Cognitive Science\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. 1, Language (1990).  This volume presents an introduction to the basic ideas and concepts of minimalism, arguably the most important recent development in syntax.  \u003cp\u003eIt succeeds in bringing together theoretical discussion of the concepts and techniques of the minimalist approach to syntax, and detailed empirical studies, some on phenomena that have not been investigated in recent syntactic frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinimalist Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e clearly expounds important new ideas and their motivation, presents interesting new data with a fresh look at some old data, and places current ideas in their historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989630796005,"sku":"NP9780631210948","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631210948.jpg?v=1761784881","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/minimalist-analysis-isbn-9780631210948","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}