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As Time Goes by

Tense and Universal Grammar

By: Norbert Hornstein

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As Time Goes by

Tense and Universal Grammar

By: Norbert Hornstein

How do humans acquire, at a very early age and from fragmentary and haphazard data, the complex patterns of their native language? This is the logical problem of language acquisition, and it is the question that directs the search for an innate universal grammar. As Time Goes By extends the search by proposing a theory of natural-language tense that will be responsive to the problem of language acquisition. The clearly written discussion proceeds step-by-step from simple observations and principles to far-reaching conclusions involving complex data carefully selected and persuasively presented. Throughout, Hornstein focuses on the logical problem of language acquisition, highlighting the importance of explanatory adequacy and the role of syntactic representations in determining intricate properties of semantic interpretation.

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0262581299

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The Merge Hypothesis

A Theory of Aspects of Syntax

By: Norbert Hornstein

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The Merge Hypothesis

A Theory of Aspects of Syntax

By: Norbert Hornstein

The Merge Hypothesis is the central empirical theoretical contribution of the Minimalist Program (MP) to syntactic theory. This book offers an accessible overview of the MP, debunking common sixty years of Generative research, culminating in GB theory. He introduces The Fundamental Principle of Grammar, which advocates including labels as part of the Merge Operation and centring the notion of the constituent as the key domain of syntactic commerce. The early chapters identify the goals of the MP, how they arose from earlier descriptive and explanatory successes of the mentalist tradition within Generative Grammar, and how to develop them in future work to expand its descriptive and explanatory range. It is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary syntactic theory.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009415735

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Understanding Minimalism

By: Norbert Hornstein,Jairo Nunes,Kleanthes K. Grohmann

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Understanding Minimalism

By: Norbert Hornstein,Jairo Nunes,Kleanthes K. Grohmann

Understanding Minimalism, first published in 2005, is an introduction to the Minimalist Program - the model of syntactic theory within generative linguistics. Accessibly written, it presents the basic principles and techniques of the minimalist program, looking firstly at analyses within Government and Binding Theory (the Minimalist Program's predecessor), and gradually introducing minimalist alternatives. Minimalist models of grammar are presented in a step-by-step fashion, and the ways in which they contrast with GB analyses are clearly explained. Spanning a decade of minimalist thinking, this textbook will enable students to develop a feel for the sorts of questions and problems that minimalism invites, and to master the techniques of minimalist analysis. Over 100 exercises are provided, encouraging them to put these skills into practice. Understanding Minimalism will be an invaluable text for intermediate and advanced students of syntactic theory, and will set a solid foundation for further study and research within Chomsky's minimalist framework.

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113993659X

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Logical Form

From GB to Minimalism

By: Norbert Hornstein

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Logical Form

From GB to Minimalism

By: Norbert Hornstein

This book critically reviews grammatical research into logical form over the past 20 years and reconsiders some of its major themes in the light of recent theoretical innovations. In the late 1970s generative grammarians proposed the existence of an abstract syntactic level of grammatical representation derived from surface structure which was phonetically invisible. This level, dubbed logical form, has been thought of as the information that the grammar contributes to semantic interpretation. The first part of the book reviews the standard arguments for the existence of LF and its format.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0631189424

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The Merge Hypothesis

A Theory of Aspects of Syntax

By: Norbert Hornstein

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The Merge Hypothesis

A Theory of Aspects of Syntax

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Outlines a theory which centers a principle that requires all grammatical dependencies to be Merge mediated.

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1009415743

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A Theory of Syntax

Minimal Operations and Universal Grammar

By: Norbert Hornstein

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A Theory of Syntax

Minimal Operations and Universal Grammar

By: Norbert Hornstein

Discusses a topical set of issues in syntactic theory, including a number of original proposals at the cutting edge of research in this area. The book provides a theory of the basic grammatical operations and suggests that there is only one that is distinctive to language.

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0521449707

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Logical Form

From GB to Minimalism

By: Norbert Hornstein

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Logical Form

From GB to Minimalism

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Understanding Minimalism

By: Norbert Hornstein,Jairo Nunes,Kleanthes K. Grohmann

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Understanding Minimalism

By: Norbert Hornstein,Jairo Nunes,Kleanthes K. Grohmann

Understanding Minimalism is a state-of-the-art introduction to the Minimalist Program the current model of syntactic theory within generative linguistics. Accessibly written, it presents the basic principles and techniques of the minimalist program, looking firstly at analyses within Government and Binding Theory (the Minimalist Program s predecessor), and gradually introducing minimalist alternatives. Minimalist models of grammar are presented in a step-by-step fashion, and the ways in which they contrast with GB analyses are clearly explained. Spanning a decade of minimalist thinking, this textbook will enable students to develop a feel for the sorts of questions and problems that minimalism invites, and to master the techniques of minimalist analysis. Over 100 exercises are provided, encouraging them to put these new skills into practice. Understanding Minimalism will be an invaluable text for intermediate and advanced students of syntactic theory, and will set a solid foundation for further study and research within Chomsky s minimalist framework.

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0521531942

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As Time Goes by

Tense and Universal Grammar

By: Norbert Hornstein

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Tense and Universal Grammar

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Logic as Grammar

By: Norbert Hornstein

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Logic as Grammar

By: Norbert Hornstein

How is the meaning of natural language interpreted? Taking as its point of departure the logical problem of natural language acquisition, this book elaborates a theory of meaning based on syntactical rather than semantical processes. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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