Merge
Binarity in (Multidominant) Syntax
$111.32
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2021
Summary
An argument that Merge is binary but its binarity refers to syntactic positions rather than objects.
In this book, Barbara Citko and Martina Gračanin-Y ksek examine the constraints on Merge–the basic structure-building operation in minimalist syntax–from a multidominant perspective. They maintain that Merge is binary, but argue that the binarity of Merge refers to syntactic positions Merge relates. What has typically been formulated as a constraint that prevents Merge from combining m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262539869 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262539861 |
| Author: | Barbara Citko, Martina Gracanin-Yuksek |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Linguistic Inquiry Monographs |
About The Author
Barbara Citko
Barbara Citko is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington. She is the author of Phase Theory- An Introduction and Symmetry in Syntax- Merge, Move and Labels. Martina Gračanin-Yüksek is Professor in the Department of Foreign Language Education at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.
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