Observations on Strict Derivational Minimalism

Observations on Strict Derivational Minimalism

Deviating from the definition originally presented in [12], Stabler [13] introduced— inspired by some recent proposals in terms of a minimalist approach to transformational syntax—a (revised) type of a minimalist grammar (MG) as well as a certain type of a strict minimalist grammar (SMG). These two types can be shown to determine the same class of derivable string languages.

An Additional Observation on Strict Derivational Minimalism

We answer a question which, so far, was left an open problem: does— in terms of derivable string languages—the type of a minimalist grammar (MG) as originally introduced in Stabler 1997 defines a proper superclass of the revised type of an MG and, therefore, the type of a strict MG both introduced in Stabler 1999, and known to be weakly equivalent? For both the revised as well as the strict MG-...

Well-Nestedness Properly Subsumes Strict Derivational Minimalism

Minimalist grammars (MGs) constitute a mildly contextsensitive formalism when being equipped with a particular locality condition (LC), the shortest move condition. In this format MGs define the same class of derivable string languages as multiple context-free grammars (MCFGs). Adding another LC to MGs, the specifier island condition (SPIC), results in a proper subclass of derivable languages. ...

Derivational Minimalism

A basic idea of the transformational tradition is that constituents move. More recently, there has been a trend towards the view that all features are lexical features. And in recent “minimalist” grammars, structure building operations are assumed to be feature driven. A simple grammar formalism with these properties is presented here and briefly explored. Grammars in this formalism can define ...

Derivational Minimalism Is Mildly Contexttsensitive