Minimalist Program

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approach in generative grammar linguistic theory theoretical framework

The Minimalist Program is a theoretical framework in generative linguistics, developed by Noam Chomsky, that seeks to explain language using the simplest and most economical principles and mechanisms possible.

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Label Occurrences
Minimalist Program canonical 19
Minimalist Inquiries 1
Minimalist Inquiries: The Framework 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf approach in generative grammar ⓘ
linguistic theory ⓘ
theoretical framework ⓘ
aimsTo derive linguistic phenomena from economy principles ⓘ
explain properties of natural language with minimal theoretical machinery ⓘ
assumes Universal Grammar ⓘ
language faculty is an optimal solution to interface conditions ⓘ
basedOn economy of derivation ⓘ
economy of representation ⓘ
principle of least effort ⓘ
contrastsWith functionalist approaches to language ⓘ
usage-based theories of grammar ⓘ
coreIdea grammars are constrained by economy principles ⓘ
language is an optimal solution to interface conditions ⓘ
movement is a special case of Merge ⓘ
syntactic structures are built from the bottom up by Merge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Noam Chomsky ⓘ
developedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
field generative linguistics ⓘ
syntax ⓘ
theoretical linguistics ⓘ
focusesOn computational system of human language ⓘ
syntactic derivations ⓘ
hasComponent interfaces with articulatory-perceptual system ⓘ
interfaces with conceptual-intentional system ⓘ
narrow syntax ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Guglielmo Cinque ⓘ
Howard Lasnik ⓘ
Juan Uriagereka ⓘ
Noam Chomsky ⓘ
Norbert Hornstein ⓘ
inception early 1990s ⓘ
influenced cartographic approaches to syntax ⓘ
minimalist syntax ⓘ
phase theory ⓘ
influencedBy biolinguistics ⓘ
cognitive science ⓘ
introducesConcept Merge ⓘ
Move as internal Merge ⓘ
economy conditions on movement ⓘ
feature checking ⓘ
phases ⓘ
strong and weak features ⓘ
keyWork Bare Phrase Structure ⓘ
Minimalist Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Minimalist Inquiries

The Minimalist Program ⓘ
surface form: The Minimalist Program (1995 book)
languageOfWork English ⓘ
mainSubject human language faculty ⓘ
precededBy Government and Binding Theory ⓘ
surface form: Government and Binding theory
relatedTo Principles and Parameters Theory ⓘ
surface form: Principles and Parameters framework

Referenced by (24)

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Standard Theory of generative grammar → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Lectures on Government and Binding → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Minimalist Inquiries
Government and Binding Theory → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Principles and Parameters Theory → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
X-bar theory → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Barriers → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
The Minimalist Program → relatedTo → Minimalist Program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minimalist syntax
The Minimalist Program → hasWork → Minimalist Program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minimalist Inquiries: The Framework
Bare Phrase Structure → associatedWithFramework → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Guglielmo Cinque → fieldOfWork → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Guglielmo Cinque → academicTradition → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Norbert Hornstein → theoreticalFramework → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Howard Lasnik → knownFor → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Theta Theory → relatedTo → Minimalist Program ⓘ
GB → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
GB Theory → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Subjacency → influenced → Minimalist Program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minimalist Program locality conditions
Minimalist semantics → theoreticalFramework → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Minimalist semantics → basedOn → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Minimalist semantics → influencedBy → Minimalist Program ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minimalist Program in syntax
Derivation by Phase → theoreticalFramework → Minimalist Program ⓘ
Geoffrey Pullum → hasCritiqued → Minimalist Program ⓘ