Evolution and Revolution in Linguistic Theory: Studies in Honor of Carlos P. Otero - Rilegato

Kempchinsky, Paula

 
9780878402489: Evolution and Revolution in Linguistic Theory: Studies in Honor of Carlos P. Otero

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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. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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This volume presents essays by some of the leading figures in the vanguard of theoretical linguistics within the framework of universal grammar. 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 include: Luigi Burzio, Hector 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, and Esther Torrego.

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