The Asymmetry of Merge

This paper addresses the following question: What kind of properties must the structure-building operation Merge have such that, given a Numeration, the grammar will build the ‘right’ structure and avoid generating ill-formed configurations? The answer we will propose is that Merge should be seen as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anna Maria Di Sciullo, Daniela Isac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Biolinguistics 2008-09-01
Series:Biolinguistics
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Online Access:http://biolinguistics.eu/index.php/biolinguistics/article/view/53