Three factors in language design

Linguistic Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Chomsky, Noam ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended Standard Theory; Internal external Merge; Minimalism; Phase; Principled explanation; Principles and Parameters; Single cycle derivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644457212     PISSN: 00243892     EISSN: 00243892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0024389052993655     Document Type: Article

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