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ISBN: | 9780191516399 0191516392 1282268775 9781282268777 9781429471176 1429471174 9780199297573 0199297576 9780199297580 0199297584 9786612268779 6612268778
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Notes: | Series statement from jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index. English. Print version record.
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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.
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Other form: | Print version: Boeckx, Cedric. Linguistic minimalism. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 9780199297573 0199297576
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