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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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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Anaphora and distributivity : a study of same, different, reciprocals and others
This thesis investigates two issues. It studies the interpretations of sentences with plural arguments and it analyzes… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Adjunction, Labeling, and Bare Phrase Structure
The primary aim in this paper is to propose a phrase structure for adjunction that is compatible with the precepts of Bare Phrase… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
How sentences grow in the mind: Agreement and selection in an efficient minimalist syntax
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The Syntax of Anaphora
In this work, Ken Safir develops a comprehensive theory on the role of anaphora in syntax. First, he contends that the… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A derivational approach to the interpretation of scrambling chains
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Derivation and explanation in the Minimalist Program
1. Introduction: Derivation and explanation: Samuel David Epstein & T. Daniel Seely.2. On the status of representations and… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Universal Grammar and the Acquisition of Semantic Knowledge: An Experimental Investigation into the Acquisition of Quantifier-Negation Interaction in English
This dissertation explores the way in which English-speaking children acquire the meaning of sentences containing negation and… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Functional Structure of Noun Phrases: A Bare Phrase Structure Approach
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Phrase Structure in Minimalist Syntax
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1995. 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Non-Verbal Predication and Head-Movement by
This thesis surveys the interaction between non-verbal predication in matrix clauses and processes of head-movement. Focusing… 
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