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Phases of Interpretation

Phases of Interpretation

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg], Book 91

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ISBN10: 3110186845
ISBN13: 9783110186840
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Aug 21 2006
Pages: 398
Weight: 1.62
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book investigates the concept of phase, aiming at a structural definition of the three domains that are assumed as the syntactic loci for interface interpretation, namely vP, CP and DP.

In particular, three basic issues are addressed, that represent major questions of syntactic research within the Minimalist Program in the last decade. A) How is the set of minimally necessary syntactic operations to be characterised (including questions about the exact nature of copy and merge, the status of remnant movement, the role of head movement in the grammar), B) How is the set of minimally necessary functional heads to be characterised that determine the built-up and the interpretation of syntactic objects and C) How do these syntactic operations and objects interact with principles and requirements that are thought to hold at the two interfaces.

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