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During the past decade the minimalist approach has been highly influential in syntactic theorizing. The articles collected in this book represent empirical and technical explorations of syntactic phenomena that have implications for this minimalist approach to syntax. Taken together they display some of the changes and developments in the minimalist program during the past decade. This book is a considerable contribution to the development of the approach in its exploration and refinement of theoretical concepts, comparison of competing implementations and resurrection of much older lines of analysis. Among the central topics considered are verbal morphology, ellipsis, anaphora and the determination of anaphoric connection and the blending of minimalist devices with features of earlier generative accounts.

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"""""As those familiar with his work have come to expect, Howard Lasnik's studies collected here are gems of lucidity, insight, meticulous argumentation, resolution of paradox, and surprising discoveries that open new directions for inquiry. They constitute another most impressive contribution to the understanding of language."" ."" -Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor; Professor of Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Massachusetts Institute of Technology """"The chapters collected here include in their original form some of Howard Lasnik's most important ideas that have helped shape current thinking in the Minimalist Program of linguistic theory as we know it. As is typical in his other writings, each chapter exemplifies careful argumentation, clear explanation, and honest scholarship. A must-read for anyone interested in learning the craft of syntactic theorizing or keeping up to date with current thinking."" ."" -C.-T. James Huang, Harvard University """"With great insight and clarity Lasnik continues to advance our understanding of the Minimalist Program by elucidating the fruitful interaction between detailed empirical studies and fundamental theoretical concepts. This rich collection is a major resource for linguistic theory, both for what it reveals about the structure of language and as a model for linguistic analysis."" ."" -Robert Freidin, Princeton University """"With the care and clarity that he is legendary for, Howard Lasnik investigates in these essays a series of interlocking puzzles in ellipsis, verbal inflection, anaphora and quantification. He transforms these puzzles into a goldmine of evidence about theproper relationship between syntactic representations and the phonological and semantic representations they mediate.."""" -Kyle Johnson, University of Massachusetts at Amherst"

As those familiar with his work have come to expect, Howard Lasnik's studies collected here are gems of lucidity, insight, meticulous argumentation, resolution of paradox, and surprising discoveries that open new directions for inquiry. They constitute another most impressive contribution to the understanding of language. <br>. <br>-Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor; Professor of Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Massachusetts Institute of Technology <br> The chapters collected here include in their original form some of Howard Lasnik's most important ideas that have helped shape current thinking in the Minimalist Program of linguistic theory as we know it. As is typical in his other writings, each chapter exemplifies careful argumentation, clear explanation, and honest scholarship. A must-read for anyone interested in learning the craft of syntactic theorizing or keeping up to date with current thinking. <br>. <br>-C.-T. James Huang, Harvard University <br> With great insight and clarity Lasnik continues to advance our understanding of the Minimalist Program by elucidating the fruitful interaction between detailed empirical studies and fundamental theoretical concepts. This rich collection is a major resource for linguistic theory, both for what it reveals about the structure of language and as a model for linguistic analysis. <br>. <br>-Robert Freidin, Princeton University <br> With the care and clarity that he is legendary for, Howard Lasnik <br>investigates in these essays a series of interlocking puzzles in <br>ellipsis, verbal inflection, anaphora and quantification. He transforms these puzzles into a goldmine of evidence about theproper relationship between syntactic representations and the phonological and semantic representations they mediate.. <br>-Kyle Johnson, University of Massachusetts at Amherst <br>

As those familiar with his work have come to expect, Howard Lasnik's studies collected here are gems of lucidity, insight, meticulous argumentation, resolution of paradox, and surprising discoveries that open new directions for inquiry. They constitute another most impressive contribution to the understanding of language. . -Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor; Professor of Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Syntax, Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The chapters collected here include in their original form some of Howard Lasnik's most important ideas that have helped shape current thinking in the Minimalist Program of linguistic theory as we know it. As is typical in his other writings, each chapter exemplifies careful argumentation, clear explanation, and honest scholarship. A must-read for anyone interested in learning the craft of syntactic theorizing or keeping up to date with current thinking. . -C.-T. James Huang, Harvard University With great insight and clarity Lasnik continues to advance our understanding of the Minimalist Program by elucidating the fruitful interaction between detailed empirical studies and fundamental theoretical concepts. This rich collection is a major resource for linguistic theory, both for what it reveals about the structure of language and as a model for linguistic analysis. . -Robert Freidin, Princeton University With the care and clarity that he is legendary for, Howard Lasnik investigates in these essays a series of interlocking puzzles in ellipsis, verbal inflection, anaphora and quantification. He transforms these puzzles into a goldmine of evidence about theproper relationship between syntactic representations and the phonological and semantic representations they mediate.. -Kyle Johnson, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

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Professor Howard Lasnik is one of the world's leading theoretical linguists. He has produced influential and important work in areas such as syntactic theory, logical form, and learnability. This collection of essays draws together some of his best work from his substantial contribution to linguistic theory.

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