Natural law
- This work concentrates on the requirements of the computational system of HL, by developing the idea that Natural Law applies to universal syntactic principles. The systems of efficient growth are for the continuation of motion and maximal distance between the elements. The condition of maximization accounts for the properties of syntactic trees - binary branching, labeling, and the EPP. NL justifies the basic principle of organization in Merge: it provides a functional explanation of phase formation and thematic domains. In Optimality Theory, it accounts for the selection of a particular word order in languages. A comprehensive and definitive understanding of the principles underlying MP will eventually lead to a more advanced design of OT.
Author details: | Alona Soschen |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32316 |
ISSN: | 1616-7392 |
ISSN: | 1864-1857 |
Title of parent work (German): | Linguistics in Potsdam |
Subtitle (German): | the dynamics of syntactic representations in MP |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 2006 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2009/06/24 |
Tag: | Natural Law; applicatives; minimalism; optimality; phases |
Issue: | 25 |
First page: | 43 |
Last Page: | 76 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | EQ 3310 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik |
DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / Linguistics in Potsdam: LIP, ISSN 1864-1857 / LIP (2006) 25 |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | Zugleich in Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam: Optimality theory and minimalism: A possible convergence? / Hans Broekhuis & Ralf Vogel (eds.) - Potsdam : Univ.-Verl., 2006. - vii, 231 S. (Linguistics in Potsdam ; 25) ISSN 1616-7392 ISBN 978-3-939469-54-4 --> Bestellen |