Minimalist Essays

Minimalist Essays......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 10
Overview......Page 14
I. Minimalism: A point of entry......Page 18
Some notes on the minimalist program......Page 20
II. Minimalist tools and architectural concerns......Page 34
Move F and PF / LF defectiveness......Page 36
True optionality: When the grammar doesn’t mind*......Page 52
Focus and clause structuration in the minimalist program......Page 85
Symmetry in syntax*......Page 114
Japanese topic-constructions in the minimalist view of the syntax-semantics interface......Page 132
Weak pronouns, object shift, and multiple spell-out: Evidence for phases at the PF-interface*......Page 177
Merge, derivational C-command, and subcategorization in a label-free Syntax*......Page 199
III. Minimalist tools and empirical pay-offs......Page 236
He himself and binding domains in a minimalist framework*......Page 238
A minimalist analysis of Japanese passives......Page 249
A minimalist view on long passive......Page 266
Null arguments and case-driven Agree in Turkish......Page 285
On tough-movement*......Page 305
Spanish existentials and other accusative constructions*......Page 343
Name index......Page 412
Subject Index......Page 414
The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today......Page 417