Explorations in Maximizing Syntactic Minimization

This volume presents a series of papers written by Epstein, Kitahara and Seely, each of which explores fundamental questions and analytical mechanisms proposed in recent minimalist work, specifically concerning recent analyses by Noam Chomsky. At the cutting edge of scholarship in generative syntax, this volume will be an essential resource for syntax researchers seeking to better understand the minimalist program.

Introduction 1. Derivation(s) Epstein, S. D., Kitahara, H., and Seely, T. D. 2. Economy of Derivation and Representation Epstein, S. D., Kitahara, H., Obata, M., and Seely, T. D. 3. Exploring Phase-Based Implications Regarding Clausal Architecture. A Case Study: Why Structural Case Cannot Precede Theta Epstein, S. D., Kitahara, H., and Seely, T. D. 4. On I(nternalist)-Functional Explanation in Minimalism Epstein, S. D. 5. Uninterpretable Features: What are They and What Do They Do? Epstein, S. D., Kitahara, H., and Seely, T. D. 6. Merge, Derivational C-Command, and Subcategorization in a Label-Free Syntax Seely, T. D. 7. Structure Building That Can't Be! Epstein, S. D., Kitahara, H., and Seely, T. D. 8. Simplest Merge Generates Set Intersection: Implications for Complementizer-Trace Explanation Epstein, S. D., Kitahara, H., and Seely, T. D. 9. External Merge of Internal Argument DP to VP and its Theoretical Implications Kitahara, H 10. Labeling by Minimal Search: Implications for Successive Cyclic A-movement and the Conception of the Postulate "Phase." Epstein, S. D., Kitahara, H., and Seely, T. D. 11. *What Do We Wonder is Not Syntactic? Epstein, S. D., Kitahara, H., and Seely, T. D.