Rule Applications as Cycles in a Level-Free Syntax

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 65-89

  Epstein, Samuel David ^a   Daniel Seely, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Legibility conditions; Level free syntax; Lexical items; Minimalist method; Rule applications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948773919     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755662.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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