Elementary Syntactic Structures

Prospects of a Feature-Free Syntax

By:

Cedric Boeckx

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

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Most syntacticians, no matter their theoretical persuasion, agree that features (types or categories) are the most important units of analysis. Within Chomskyan generative grammar, the importance of features has grown steadily and within minimalism, it can be said that everything depends on features. They are obstacles in any interdisciplinary investigation concerning the nature of language and it is hard to imagine a syntactic description that does not explore them. For the first time, this book turns grammar upside down and proposes a new model of syntax that is better suited for interdisciplinary interactions, and shows how syntax can proceed free of lexical influence. The empirical domain examined is vast, and all the fundamental units and properties of syntax (categories, parameters, Last Resort, labelling, and hierarchies) are rethought. Opening up new avenues of investigation, this book will be invaluable to researchers and students in syntactic theory, and linguistics more broadly.

Author Biography:

Cedric Boeckx is Research Professor at ICREA (The Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies) and a member of the Department of Linguistics at Universitat de Barcelona.

Release date Australia

October 9th, 2014

Author

Cedric Boeckx

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

2 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white

Pages

222

Series

Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

Dimensions

152x229x14

ISBN-13

9781107034099

Product ID

22304595

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