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Provocative Syntax sparkles with originality and erudition. Branigan brilliantly connects seemingly unrelated theoretical strands to weave a tight and elegant model of syntactic movement and provides theoretically unified solutions to many outstanding problems in the syntax of Germanic and Romance. Among the numerous books and papers spawned by Chomsky's Minimalist program, this book is one of the most profound I've read. --Ur Shlonsky, Professor of Linguistics, University of Geneva Provocative Syntax is a desperately needed breath of fresh air for Minimalist syntax's model of movement. 'Provocation' is an exciting alternative to the EPP that is still well grounded in Chomskyan tradition. This book is a must-read for anyone dissatisfied with motivating movement via uninterpretable features. --Daniel Siddiqi, School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University

Provocative Syntax is a desperately needed breath of fresh air for Minimalist syntax's model of movement. 'Provocation' is an exciting alternative to the EPP that is still well grounded in Chomskyan tradition. This book is a must-read for anyone dissatisfied with motivating movement via uninterpretable features. Daniel Siddiqi , School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University Provocative Syntax sparkles with originality and erudition. Branigan brilliantly connects seemingly unrelated theoretical strands to weave a tight and elegant model of syntactic movement and provides theoretically unified solutions to many outstanding problems in the syntax of Germanic and Romance. Among the numerous books and papers spawned by Chomsky's Minimalist program, this book is one of the most profound I've read. Ur Shlonsky , Professor of Linguistics, University of Geneva

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Phil Branigan is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Memorial University in Newfoundland.

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