Evolution and Revolution in Linguistic Theory

by H ctor Campos (Editor), Luigi Burzio (Contribution by), H ctor Campos (Contribution by), Noam Chomsky (Contribution by), Joseph E. Emonds (Contribution by)

Overview

This volume presents essays by some of the leading figures in the vanguard of theoretical linguistics within the framework of universal grammmar. One of the first books to adopt the "minimalist" framework to syntactic analysis, it includes a central essay by Noam Chomsky on the minimalist program and covers a range of topics in syntax and morphology.

Contributors: Luigi Burzio, Héctor Campos, Noam Chomsky, Joseph E. Emonds, Robert Freidin, James Harris, Ray Jackendoff, Paula Kempchinsky, Howard Lasnik, Claudia Parodi, Carlos Piera, A. Carlos Quicoli, Dominique Sportiche, Esther Torrego.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878402489
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1996
Series:	Studies in Romance Linguistics , #2
Pages:	436
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.08(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

Fourteen essays written by linguistic researchers in honor of and responding to the work of Carlos Otero, a proponent of the Minimalist Program in Linguistic Theory. The essays are pure linguistic studies, many of which concentrate on Spanish as well as English constructs. The topics include: the metrical unity of Latinate affixes, picture nouns in Spanish, base phrase structure (Noam Chomsky), the morphology of Spanish clitics, verbal morphology, a reductionist approach, and a minimalist theory approach to old Spanish. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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