Linguistic minimalism : origins, concepts, methods, and aims /

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Author / Creator:Boeckx, Cedric.
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:[Oxford linguistics]
Oxford linguistics.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152803
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ISBN:9780191516399
0191516392
1282268775
9781282268777
9781429471176
1429471174
9780199297573
0199297576
9780199297580
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9786612268779
6612268778
Notes:Series statement from jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This is a self-contained introduction to the Minimalist Program for linguistic theory, the boldest and most radical version of Noam Chomsky's naturalistic approach to language. Cedric Boeckx examines its foundations, explains its underlying philosophy, exemplifies its methods, and considers the significance of its empirical results. He explores the roots and antecedents of the Program and shows how its methodologies parallel those of sciences such as physics and biology. He. disentangles and clarifies current debates and issues around the nature of minimalist research in linguistics and shows.
Other form:Print version: Boeckx, Cedric. Linguistic minimalism. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 9780199297573 0199297576