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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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2013
2013
Anchoring Agreement in Comprehension
Most linguistic theories of language offer analysis of agreement describing the rules and constraints involved in the computation… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Variation and syntax in number expression in Afro-Bolivian Spanish
This study investigates number agreement variation across the Determiner Phrase (DP) in AfroBolivian Spanish (ABS), an Afro… 
2009
2009
The minimalist syntax of defective domains: gerunds and infinitives
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… 
2002
2002
Adhering Focus
Although appositive structures have received some attention in the literature (see, e.g., Fabb 1990, Espinal 1991, Lebeaux 1988… 
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… 
2000
2000
In Defense of Vacuous Projections in Bare Phrase Structure
According to the current minimalist view, Bare Phrase Structure Theory (Chomsky 1994, 1995) implies the impossibility of vacuous… 
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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