Minimalism and explanation

Van Valin · D Robert

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Chomsky’s Minimalist Program (Chomsky 1995, 1998) portrays itself as an attempt to simplify generative syntactic theory while enhancing its explanatory potential. This paper explores some of the questions of language design raised in the Minimalist Program, especially in Chomsky (1998), from the point of view of syntactic theories which do not accord syntax a

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