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Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis
The goal of this contribution to the Elements series is to closely examine Merge, its form, its function, and its central role in current linguistic theory. It explores what it does (and does not do), why it has the form it has, and its development over time. The basic idea behind Merge is quite simple. However, Merge interacts, in intricate ways, with other components including the language's interfaces, laws of nature, and certain language-specific conditions. Because of this, and because of its fundamental place in the human faculty of language, this Element's focus on Merge provides insights into the goals and development of generative grammar more generally, and its prospects for the future.
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Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis
The goal of this contribution to the Elements series is to closely examine Merge, its form, its function, and its central role in current linguistic theory. It explores what it does (and does not do), why it has the form it has, and its development over time. The basic idea behind Merge is quite simple. However, Merge interacts, in intricate ways, with other components including the language's interfaces, laws of nature, and certain language-specific conditions. Because of this, and because of its fundamental place in the human faculty of language, this Element's focus on Merge provides insights into the goals and development of generative grammar more generally, and its prospects for the future.
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Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis

Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis

Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis

Merge and the Strong Minimalist Thesis

Overview

The goal of this contribution to the Elements series is to closely examine Merge, its form, its function, and its central role in current linguistic theory. It explores what it does (and does not do), why it has the form it has, and its development over time. The basic idea behind Merge is quite simple. However, Merge interacts, in intricate ways, with other components including the language's interfaces, laws of nature, and certain language-specific conditions. Because of this, and because of its fundamental place in the human faculty of language, this Element's focus on Merge provides insights into the goals and development of generative grammar more generally, and its prospects for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781009343268
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/14/2023
Series: Elements in Generative Syntax
Pages: 75
Product dimensions: 5.94(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Noam Chomsky has held professorships in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at M.I.T. and in the Program in Environment and Social Justice at the University of Arizona. His work is widely credited with having revolutionized the field of modern linguistics, and he is equally renowned for his incisive writings on global affairs and U.S. foreign policy. Chomsky has written more than 100 books, including the bestselling political works Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, and Who Rules the World?.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Background: goals and orientation of the generative enterprise; 3. The Form of Merge; 4. Merge and the non-expansion of the WS; Restricting Resources/Minimal Yield; 5. Language Specific Conditions on the Computational System for Human Language; 6. Illustrations; 7. On the history and development of Merge; 8. Prospects for the Future.
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