Is linguistic variation entirely linguistic?

SD Epstein, M Obata, TD Seely - A Minimalist Theory of Simplest …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter examines how and if three different frameworks–Obata, Epstein, and Baptista
(2015), Obata and Epstein (2016), Chomsky (2015, 2020), and Epstein, Kitahara, and Seely …

[PDF][PDF] When the grammar doesn't mind which merge it chooses

A Blümel, N Goto, Y Sugimoto - 39th West Coast Conference on Formal …, 2024 - lingref.com
Based on Obata et al.(2015), Obata & Epstein (2016), and Epstein et al.(2018), we will show
that free application of set-/pair-Merge yields linguistic variation. Where does syntactic …

[PDF][PDF] Eliminating C-deletion in the syntax: Structure-building by Merge

O Miki - 法政大学小金井論集= Koganei Journal of the …, 2018 - core.ac.uk
This squib explores the issue of how the human linguistic system executes the structure-
building computation. Since Chomsky's (1995a) Minimalist Program, the idea that the faculty …

Quotation as a challenge for feature-driven phases: An argument for Zwart's merge

J Wiślicki - The Linguistic Review, 2019 - degruyter.com
The present paper discusses the problem of deriving quotational expressions (QEs)–a
relatively unexplored field in the generative tradition–in the context of phase theory (PT) …

[引用][C] An Argument for Zwart's Merge. Quotation as a Challenge for Feature-Driven Phases

J Wiślicki - 2016 - MS., University of Warsaw