Barriers

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Barriers is a 1986 book by Noam Chomsky that develops key aspects of generative syntax, particularly within the Government and Binding framework, by introducing the concept of "barriers" to syntactic movement.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
linguistics book
syntax monograph
academicDiscipline theoretical linguistics
academicGenre research monograph
author Noam Chomsky
citedBy research on island constraints
research on syntactic locality
research on wh-movement
countryOfPublication United States
developsAspectOf Government and Binding theory
field linguistics
focusesOn constraints on syntactic dependencies
interaction of government and barriers
structure of bounding nodes
hasImpactOn constraints on movement
theory of locality in syntax
influenced Minimalist Program
introducesConcept barriers (in syntax)
language English
partOf Chomsky’s Government and Binding period works
publicationYear 1986
publisher MIT Press
relatedWork Knowledge of Language
Lectures on Government and Binding
subfield generative syntax
subject binding
bounding theory
empty categories
government
islands in syntax
phrase structure
subjacency
syntactic movement
targetAudience advanced students of syntax
linguists
theoreticalFramework Government and Binding theory
usedIn graduate linguistics education

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