Derivational Approach to Syntactic Relations

by Hisatsugu Kitahara, Ruriko Kawashima, Samuel D. Epstein, et al.

Book Overview

This book presents a Minimalist analysis of syntactic relations. The authors argue that certain fundamental relations such as c-command, dominance, and checking relations can be explained within a derivational approach to structure-building couched within a new and controversial level-free model of the syntactic component of the human language faculty.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019511115X
• ISBN13: 9780195111156
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"