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A Theory of Phrase Markers and the Extended Base

By Robert A. Chametzky

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0791429717, 9780791429716
LCC
P158.3 .C48 1996
Language
english
Format
CHM
Filesize
520 kB (531987 bytes)
Series
SUNY Series in Linguistics
Pages
225\0
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This piece of theory construction within the Government & Binding (GB) approach to syntax focuses on the base component and on the nature of phrase markers. Well-known structural facts about C-command, coordinate structures, adjuncts, and Islands are simply assumed, and a theoretical explanation for these structural facts is developed. The emphasis is on isolating theoretical primitives and deducing implications of these primitives through the articulation of a suitable theoretical architecture. Almost exclusively, considerations of coherence, simplicity, and organization are used to explain structural facts. Structure is the direct target of theory construction, rather than being derived from other considerations.

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