Exquisite connections: Some remarks on the evolution of linguistic theory

Lingua

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 639-666

  Freidin, Robert ^a   Vergnaud, Jean Roger ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding theory; Conceptual naturalness; Economy; Galilean science; Mathematical method; Minimalist Program

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037655981     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3841(01)00045-6     Document Type: Article

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