SCOPE IN MINIMALIST SYNTAX

Subject Positions and Derivational Scope Calculation in Minimalist Syntax : A Phase-Based Approach

This paper proposes a new scope calculation system named a phase-based approach. The new system treats scope calculation as a feature-matching operation between more than one interpretable feature related to quantification (henceforth Fqunt1 ). We call this matching operation Fq.nrmatching. It is shown that the working space of Fquanrmatching is restricted by a syntactic unit phases. Given the ...

PHRASE STRUCTURE IN MINIMALIST SYNTAX by

This thesis is a study of clause architecture within a theory of generative grammar. It discusses four major syntactic hypotheses that have crucial bearing on the design of phrase structure: the Agreement-based Case theory, the internal subject hypothesis (ISH), the uniform three-level X-bar theory, and a hypothesis about string vacuous head movement. In Chapter 2 through Chapter 4, I discuss o...

An Experiment in Minimalist Experimental Syntax

How seriously should we take Minimalist syntax?

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MiniJudge: Software for minimalist experimental syntax

MiniJudge is free online open-source software to help theoretical syntacticians collect and analyze native-speaker acceptability judgments in a way that combines the speed and ease of traditional introspective methods with the power and statistical validity afforded by rigorous experimental design. This paper shows why MiniJudge is useful, what it feels like to use it, and how it works.