Economy considerations have always played an important role in the generative theory of grammar. Indeed, the very development of the theory has been characterized by natural considerations of simplicity and economy. In the Minimalist Program, the operations of the computational system that produce linguistic expressions must satisfy general considerations of simplicity referred to as Economy Principles. The author completes two major research projects within the Minimalist Program: the elimination of c-selection and government. He then investigates in detail the nature of the Economy Principles in syntax. The discussion, which focuses on infinitival and participial complements, shows that a number of facts that previously have either not been accounted for or have received unsatisfactory treatment can be explained in a principled way once Economy Principles and, more generally, the Minimalist Program are adopted.
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Zeljko Boskovic is Assistant Professor in Linguistics at the University of Connecticut.
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Minimize Chain Links Principle, Inverse Case Filter, Last Resort Condition, Enlightened Self-Interest, Superiority Condition, Petra Jovan, Minimalist Program, Subject Condition, New Orleans, Qui Anna, Relativized Minimality, Den Dikken, Howard Lasnik, Johni Vag New!
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Minimize Chain Links Principle, Inverse Case Filter, Last Resort Condition, Enlightened Self-Interest, Superiority Condition, Petra Jovan, Minimalist Program, Subject Condition, New Orleans, Qui Anna, Relativized Minimality, Den Dikken, Howard Lasnik, Johni Vag New!
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- The Minimalist Program (Current Studies in Linguistics) by Noam Chomsky on 4 pages
- Relativized Minimality (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs) by Luigi Rizzi on 4 pages
- Proceedings of the Tenth West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) by Dawn Bates in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- On the Definition of Word (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs) by Anna Maria Di Sciullo in Front Matter
- Subjects in Japanese and English (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics) by Yoshihisa Kitagawa in Back Matter
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