Problems of projection: Extensions
Problems of projection: Extensions
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DOI:
10.1075/la.223.01cho
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发表时间:
2015
影响因子:
14.9
通讯作者:
Noam Chomsky
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作者:
Noam Chomsky
I assume here the minimalist research program, which I think is well-motivated on grounds of learnability, explanatory success, and the very limited information on origin of the human language faculty. In particular, I assume the conclusions of Chomsky (2013), including the abandonment of the endocentricity stipulation of X-bar theory and its descendants, and the separation of projection (labeling) from the principles of construction of expressions. A labeling algorithm, keeping to minimal search, assigns labels to expressions {X,Y} constructed by iterated Merge (external EM or internal IM); labeling yields no new category If one of X,Y is a head, labeling is trivial: minimal search yields the head as a label. If neither is a head, labeling is possible only if search of X and Y yields agreeing heads, meaning that if one or the other was raised it is now in its criterial position in Luigi Rizzi’s sense. Assume further that at the CI interface, and for the rules of externalization, syntactic objects must be identified (labeled). It follows that IM is successive-cyclic leading to a criterial position, and is forced to ensure labeling.