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Minimalist program

Known as: Phase (syntax), MP, Minimalism theory 
In linguistics, the minimalist program (MP) is a major line of inquiry that has been developing inside generative grammar since the early 1990s… 
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2011
2011
Phasing in Full Interpretation
Contrary to the conventionally assumed system of labeled phrase structure, this thesis will argue for the hypothesis that the… 
2009
2009
More Students Attended FASL than CONSOLE
In the Slavic languages, the title of this paper cannot be rendered with a phrasal comparative; a clausal comparative must be… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Probes, pronouns and Binding in the Minimalist Program
In chapter 2, I claim that not only heads, but phrases, too, are probes. I show that there are in fact no theoretical and… 
2007
2007
Some Notes on Bounding
In this paper I argue for a specific way to understand successive cyclic movement by showing that (i) the conceptualization of… 
2006
2006
The Simple Generator
I argue that the shift of explanatory burden from the generator to the evaluator in OT syntax – together with the difficulties… 
2006
2006
Probing phrases, pronouns, and binding
One claim in this paper is that all labels with unvalued features are probes, in other words, phrases, too are probes. The second… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Coordination and sharing at the interfaces
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2002. 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Case realization and identity
2000
2000
A Type of Head-in-Situ Construction in English
Les amalgames syntaxiques (AS) en anglais tels que John invited you'll never guess how many people to this party ont ete analyses… 
1999
1999
Distribution of Pathogenic Races of Rice Blast Fungus in Vietnam
One hundred and twenty-nine monoconidial isolates of Pyricularia grisea from rice were collected in Vietnam, mainly in the Mekong… 
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