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BL
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1025791
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b780161
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| Main Entry
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Brody, Michael,1954-
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| Title & Author
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Towards an elegant syntax /\ Michael Brody.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2003.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge leading linguists ;; 10
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1 online resource (viii, 309 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203986695
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: 0415299594
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: 1134423543
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: 6610232679
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: 9780203986691
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: 9780415299596
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: 9781134423545
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: 9781280232671
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: 9786610232673
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0415299594
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-299) and index.
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| Contents
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Chapter INTRODUCTION -- part PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS -- chapter 1 ON CIRCULAR READINGS -- chapter 2 ON CONTEXTUAL DEFINITIONS AND THE ROLE OF CHAINS -- chapter 3 ON THE COMPLEMENTARY DISTRIBUTION OF EMPTY CATEGORIES -- part BEYOND PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS -- chapter 4 ON CHOMSKY'S KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE -- chapter 5 A NOTE ON THE ORGANIZATION OF THE GRAMMAR -- chapter 6 -theory and arguments -- part TOWARDS AN ELEGANT SYNTAX -- chapter 7 PROJECTION AND PHRASE STRUCTURE -- chapter 8 PERFECT CHAINS -- chapter 9 THE MINIMALIST PROGRAM AND A PERFECT SYNTAX -- chapter 10 ON THE STATUS OF REPRESENTATIONS AND DERIVATIONS -- part ASPECTS OF MIRROR THEORY -- chapter 11 MIRROR THEORY -- chapter 12 "ROLL-UP" STRUCTURES AND MORPHOLOGICAL WORDS1 -- chapter 13 WORD ORDER, RESTRUCTURING AND MIRROR THEORY.
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| Abstract
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This collection of essays, written between 1980 and 2001, places the search for theoretical elegance at centre stage. The author shows that although the conceptual difference between 'elegance' and the minimalist search for 'perfection' may appear to be subtle, its consequences are in fact wide ranging and radical. These considerations lead to a markedly different and novel theory of syntax where most of the major features of minimalism, such as derivation, economy, merge, move, phrases and projection, are not just reanalysed or shifted to other components but in a majority of cases are dispen.
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Grammar, Comparative and general-- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general-- Syntax.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Grammar Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Syntax.
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| Dewey Classification
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415
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| LC Classification
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P291.B754 2003eb
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