An exploration of the architecture of the grammar, where conditions apply, and the nature of
the lexical/functional split. This concise but wide-ranging monograph examines where the …

Although the traditional term “function words” or Chomsky's (1970) notion of “non-lexical
categories” has much in common with the contemporary notion of “functional categories”, it …

This is a book about syntax, a system of structured expressions that figure in various aspects
of human cognition, language in particular. Provided with finite discrete elements (lexical …

Contrary to the conventionally assumed system of labeled phrase structure, this thesis will
argue for the hypothesis that the theory of bare phrase structure (Chomsky 1994, 1995 et …

This paper presents evidence that Japanese has prosodic scrambling of phonological
phrases (ϕ) in addition to the well-studied syntactic scrambling of XPs. All cases of …

This dissertation explores a minimal/universal set of functional projections which are
involved in building nominal and adjectival expressions. It presents several case studies of …

Abstract Hoshi (2004a, b) observes an apparently puzzling hybrid nature of N-final
relativization in Japanese, viz., simultaneous movement and non-movemnet properties …

Collected for the first time in a single volume, these essays and articles by Naoki Fukui form
an outline of some of the most significant and formative contributions to syntactic theory …

This dissertation is a generative-grammatical study of the constructions called sluicing and
stripping in Japanese. It argues for the thesis, advocated by Hoji & Li (1994) and Fukaya & …

This work challenges some prevalent claims and assumptions about Persian syntax and
offers an alternative account. The standard assumption regarding the direct objects in …