The Minimalist Program
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The Minimalist Program is a major theoretical framework in generative linguistics, developed by Noam Chomsky, that seeks to explain the properties of human language through the simplest and most economical principles and mechanisms.
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| The Minimalist Program (1995 book) | 2 |
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approach in generative grammar
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linguistic theory ⓘ theoretical framework ⓘ |
| aim |
to derive language design from general cognitive economy principles
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to explain properties of human language using simplest principles ⓘ to reduce grammatical mechanisms to an optimal minimum ⓘ |
| assumes |
Universal Grammar
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derivations proceed cyclically ⓘ language faculty in the human mind ⓘ |
| authorOfKeyText | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
construction grammar
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usage-based approaches to grammar ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
Agree operation
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Bare Phrase Structure ⓘ Merge operation ⓘ Move operation ⓘ economy of derivation ⓘ economy of representation ⓘ feature checking ⓘ interface conditions ⓘ movement driven by feature checking ⓘ phases ⓘ probe-goal relation ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
abstractness of its primitives
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difficulty of empirical falsification ⓘ lack of explicit learnability theory ⓘ |
| developer | Noam Chomsky ⓘ |
| field |
generative linguistics
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syntax ⓘ theoretical linguistics ⓘ |
| goal |
to minimize language-specific stipulations
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to show language is an optimal solution to interface conditions ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Derivation by Phase
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Minimalist Program ⓘ
surface form:
Minimalist Inquiries: The Framework
The Minimalist Program self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Minimalist Program (1995 book)
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| inception | early 1990s ⓘ |
| influenced |
cartographic approaches to syntax
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contemporary syntactic theory ⓘ phase theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Government and Binding Theory
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surface form:
Government and Binding theory
Principles and Parameters Theory ⓘ
surface form:
Principles and Parameters framework
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| languageView | language as optimal solution to interface conditions with sound and meaning ⓘ |
| partOf | Chomskyan generative grammar tradition ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Government and Binding Theory
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surface form:
Government and Binding theory
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| publicationYearOfKeyText | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisherOfKeyText | MIT Press ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Minimalist morphology
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Minimalist semantics ⓘ Minimalist Program ⓘ
surface form:
Minimalist syntax
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Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
The Minimalist Program (1995 book)
this entity surface form:
The Minimalist Program (1995 book)