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Merging Features
Computation, Interpretation, and Acquisition
José M. Brucart, Anna Gavarró, and Jaume Solà
392 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-955326-6
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29 January 2009
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- Contains cutting edge research by world class scholars
- Addresses issues in first language acquisition as well as adult grammar
- Draws on data from a wide range of languages
This book presents new work on how Merge and formal features, two basic factors in the Minimalist Program, should determine the syntactic computation of natural language. Merge combines simpler objects into more complex ones. Formal features establish dependencies within objects. In this book leading scholars examine the intricate ways in which these two factors interact to generate well-formed derivations in natural language. It is divided into two parts concerned with formal features and interpretable features - a subset of formal features. The authors combine grammatical theory with the analysis of data drawn from a wide range of languages, both in the adult grammar and
in first language acquisition. The mechanisms at work in linguistic computation are considered in relation to a variety of linguistic phenomena, including A-binding, A'-dependencies and reconstruction, agreement, word order, adjuncts, pronouns and complementizers.Readership: Linguists at graduate level and above concerned with the understanding of syntax, language acquisition, and the operations of language within the mind.
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José M. Brucart, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Anna Gavarró, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Jaume Solà, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Contributors:
José M. Brucart, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Anna Gavarró, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Jaume Solà, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Klaus Abels, University College London
Flavia Adani, Università Milano-Bicocca
Fabrizio Arosio, Università Milano-Bicocca
Aniko Csirmaz, University of Utah
Joseph Edmonds, Universidad del Pais Vasco
Maria
Teresa Guasti, Università di Milano Bicocca
Nicolas Guilliot, University of Toronto
Sandile Gxilishe, University of Cape Town
Fredrik Heinat, Göteborg University
Richard Kayne, New York University
Thomas Leu, New York University
Nouman Malkawi, University of Nanates
Franc Marusic, Univerza v Novi Gorici
Karen Miller, Calvin College
Alan Munn, Michigan State University
Ad Neeleman, University College London
György Rákosi, University of Debrecen
Cristina Schmitt, Michigan State University
Patricia Schneider-Zioga, CSU Fullerton
Carson Schütze, University of California, Los Angeles
Heather Lee Taylor, University of
Maryland
Jill de Villiers, Smith College
Xioafei Zhang, Michigan State University
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1: Merge and features: a minimalist introduction
Part I Formal Features
2: Fredrik Heinat: Probing Phrases, Pronouns, and Binding
3: Patricia Schneider-Zioga: Wh-agreement and Bounded Unbounded Movement
4: Klaus Abels and Ad Neeleman: Universal 20 Without the LCA
5: Carson Schütze: What it Means (not) to Know (number) Agreement
6: Jill de Villiers and Sandile Gxilishe: Number Agreement in English and Xhosa
7: Karen Miller and Cristina Schmitt: Variable vs. Consistent Input: Comparehension of Plural Morphology and Verbal Agreement in Children
8: Fabrizio Arosio, Flavia Adani, and M. Teresa Guasti: Processing Grammatical Features by Italian Children
Part II Interpretable Features
9: Nicolas Guilliot and Nouman Malkawi: When Movement Fails to Reconstruct
10: Franc Marusic: If Non-simultaneous Spell-out Exists, This is What it can Explain
11: Joseph Edmonds: What Adjuncts Tell us About Case, Agreement, and Syntax in General
12: György Rákosi: The Diversity of Dative Experiencers
13: Aniko Csirmaz: Homogeneity and Flexibility in Temporal Modification
14: heather Lee Taylor: The Syntactically Well-behaved Comparative Correlative
15: Richard Kayne: Some Silent First Person Plurals
16: Thomas Leu: From Greek to Germanic: Poly-(*in)-definiteness and Weak/Strong Adjectival Inflection
17: Alan Munn, Xiaofei Zhang, and Cristina Schmitt: Acquisition of Plurality in a Language Without Plurality
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