Optimality and Plausibility in Language Design
The Minimalist Program in generative syntax has been the subject of much rancour, a good proportion of it stoked by Noam Chomsky’s suggestion that language may represent “a ‘perfect solution’ to minimal design specifications.” A particular flash point has been the application of Minimalist principle...
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| Language: | English |
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PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Biolinguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5964/bioling.9053 |