Syntactic Variation, Historical Development, and Minimalism

Minimalist Syntax

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 152-191

  Tháinson, Höskuldur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Derivational principles; Historical developmen; Minimalism; Minimalist program (mp; Syntactic variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949442503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470758342.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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