Move! A Minimalist Theory of Construal
Author:   Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland at College Park)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Pages:   256
Publication Date:   02 October 2000
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Move! A Minimalist Theory of Construal provides an accessible, in-depth and empirically oriented look at Chomsky's Minimalist Program.

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Author:   Norbert Hornstein (University of Maryland at College Park)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9780631223610


ISBN 10:   0631223614
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   02 October 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface. 1. The Minimalist Program. 2. Movement and Control. 3. Adjunct Control and Parasitic Gaps. 4. Attract and Sidewards Movement. 5. Is the Binding Theory Necessary?. 6. Case, C-command and Modularity. Bibliography.

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""The book you are about to read is radical. It has the immodest and ambitious goal of eliminating construal processes from Universal Grammar. Control, anaphora, and pronominalization are all treated as by-products of movement. This book delivers the goods."" Joseph Aoun, University of Southern California


"""The book you are about to read is radical. It has the immodest and ambitious goal of eliminating construal processes from Universal Grammar. Control, anaphora, and pronominalization are all treated as by-products of movement. This book delivers the goods."" Joseph Aoun, University of Southern California"


The book you are about to read is radical. It has the immodest and ambitious goal of eliminating construal processes from Universal Grammar. Control, anaphora, and pronominalization are all treated as by--products of movement. This book delivers the goods. Joseph Aoun, University of Southern California


The book you are about to read is radical. It has the immodest and ambitious goal of eliminating construal processes from Universal Grammar. Control, anaphora, and pronominalization are all treated as by-products of movement. This book delivers the goods. Joseph Aoun, University of Southern California


Author Information

Norbert Hornstein is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research and teaching include both natural language semantics and syntactic theory. He is series editor of the Blackwell/Maryland Lectures in Language and Cognition, and his other publications include: Logical Form: From GB to Minimalism (Blackwell, 1995); Verb Movement (edited, with David Lightfoot, 1994); As Time Goes By: Tense and Universal Grammar (1990); and Logic as Grammar: An Approach to Meaning in Natural Language (1984).

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